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Slackware: 2016-266-02 Moderate: Pidgin Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2016
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Recent pidgin updates released for Slackware systems, targeting significant vulnerabilities and software glitches.
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and 14.1 to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. NOTE: These packages provide updates to pidgin-2.11.0, since the previous version was mistakenly reissued for Slackware 13.0 - 14.1. Sorry! This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see: (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update slackware software fix 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:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: ee628d99e71d52e3e6da410170536dc0 pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 5f7100bb70bbd97d4939f946be2ac7cb pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: fa315fc826cbe7ab3744659153c7cdad pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 37dc9e8e7d81a51d2b1683b597404236 pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 50af9b6ff1b39739a934fef76b229fd7 pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: dfe4b02962e9237a5aea7a1cfdccaedf pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 4b1deb11729812419ea7a943ccd67339 pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: a92613a3a40becc3b0001bfd4c5175f5 pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 36f4a612d50e48e720e4b4b7480c2186 pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: b57e149ec125fee76d75bfbc03065fa7 pidgin-2.11.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz