Slackware alert SSA:2009-146-01 (pidgin)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2009-146-01) | |
| Date: | Tue, 26 May 2009 19:19:48 -0700 (PDT) | |
| Message-ID: | <alpine.LNX.1.10.0905261919260.25908@bob.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2009-146-01) New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. 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-2009-1373 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1374 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1375 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1376 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.2.txz: Upgraded to pidgin-2.5.6. This version fixes security issues that could lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code as the user running Pidgin. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1373 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1374 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1375 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1376 (* 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: 8890772717a70b042f5c76ae4e4ab6b0 pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 3d7e918ff1d3eef13107472f313978a4 pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 144a78d203391bd7af7aac36d53061f3 pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 0b2aa951d3f6b9f8d5a9ac7e8d28c7a6 pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: e79c2f0466d4714951a7f53f04740695 pidgin-2.5.6-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.5.6-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) iEYEARECAAYFAkocaicACgkQakRjwEAQIjPmNgCeNS7QtDXXVFaVDdWkwP0HuQd4 //MAoIxVMqaWY9GrOhhtA+0fJRI35AmP =YIUb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----