-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2014-296-02) New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes several security issues: Insufficient SSL certificate validation (CVE-2014-3694) Remote crash parsing malformed MXit emoticon (CVE-2014-3695) Remote crash parsing malformed Groupwise message (CVE-2014-3696) Malicious smiley themes could alter arbitrary files (CVE-2014-3697) Potential information leak from XMPP (CVE-2014-3698) For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3694 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3695 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3696 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3697 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3698 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on https://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 13.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: Updated package for Slackware 13.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: Updated package for Slackware 13.37: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: Updated package for Slackware 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware 14.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.0 package: c2d238379b0a6c9cacfb9b73ac9f8dd7 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 953980a2900c9416a44f9b8edc63d378 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: 94c136c7332f669ad5b6fc7239db3a75 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 91f03ff9d4842b1e0f1e0e732b2ae3a9 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: 383bf35399fe5d5055b65b5438ba5e53 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 9cd9f93b784329997e74dc0e9c44eb6e pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: 574b08f0d4ffeb51ef6c86d0f13ef496 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 50196521b09da87a1575107b7aab7b49 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: d1c5d2d72a9ecdb0af1f15be09ad8753 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 4159345b81c79a226c3bda0c5110ad33 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: dfef30c57a5c72093a9ff0262764e791 xap/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 7df8a0dc6d2fc35428f0f95362533aca xap/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz +-----+