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Slackware alert SSA:2009-231-02 (pidgin)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2009-231-02) New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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-2009-2694 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: This update fixes a bug in Pidgin's MSN protocol implementation that can allow a remote attacker to send a malicious MSN message to a Pidgin user, which will possibly cause arbitrary code to be executed as that user. This issue was discovered by Federico Muttis of Core Security Technologies. For more information, see: http://www.coresecurity.com/content/libpurple-arbitrary-w... http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2694 (* 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/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: 3ce9ef2fb489919027f5fd48aecfe16e pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: ab5b36db9e7f97b845672d030b64b999 pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: befadfc8dde193789bcee91f7f33f8ba pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 4bc5945ad08e4fa5ebefcd1c5fc9c932 pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: 0a18668ccb5cd223e56789c871997769 pidgin-2.5.9-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkqMr+QACgkQakRjwEAQIjNDbQCfeuBTLxAtU6l5A6t3PU89C+G5 OhYAnin7/LbeZ3EEEBnoslAsHNB9QO/G =gxXC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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