news 28 Posted October 18, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2009-290-02) New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3615 Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack13.0.txz: This update fixes an issue where a remote user can cause libpurple-based clients to crash. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3615 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.6.3-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/pidgin-2.6.3-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: 2ebd4a84902d4818abf41ab8bbab51a2 pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: defa9ff74babdc19b387bfbb3484390b pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: a607298ba37e4c36209cc0f0c0746503 pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: 7680b89972f3746f95f3e89721bc5456 pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 5b601d403720ca39836e27b13a3eb4aa pidgin-2.6.3-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware -current package: fe3e8eb2bb9cf6628f89a339e24b1f61 pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9ff24734eafd69437d240154c5e5d8fb pidgin-2.6.3-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.6.3-i486-1_slack13.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
