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Slackware 14.2 Critical Pidgin Security Patch: SSA:2016-265-01

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Calendar Grey September 21, 2016
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates for pidgin packages have been released for Slackware, aimed at enhancing security and offering improvements across different versions.
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.11.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see: (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical security patch Slackware pidgin

Where Find 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 http://www.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 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: 99cb5e3128d1fb5cf60b187ec92ff9b5 pidgin-2.10.11-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 0d319a10d164d03d8955eba1e857b44b pidgin-2.10.11-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: bc9f93c7d59eb27f5f9306c6ed46396e pidgin-2.10.11-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: cb3f1410fe428eb350b4dc78161fc56b pidgin-2.10.11-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 07ebc0d39bd2985b315460e3e1d4487a pidgin-2.10.11-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 14ce27cc75ea57075892babaa84781e3 pidgin-2.10.11-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 12edc9aff5ff7a4aba64c3c93c65e491 pidgin-2.10.11-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: ab14c4e819ef3fad8420fe01abcb8004 pidgin-2.10.11-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: cc40de08da4fa0d08bef29c8458d182e pidgin-2.10.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: ff639a5909360099ace362f864b3095b pidgin-2.10.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 3731c32a163e320e65ffccb926fed2b7 pidgin-2.11.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: e17d8b9a9234dd6523ef2e7886dd4dc5 pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: dc665fbf19486fb29f73b20e8e984efb xap/pidgin-2.11.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 7e09d739b0518e6439f1433389b679a2 xap/pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical security patch Slackware pidgin

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.11.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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