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Slackware alert SSA:2022-120-01 (pidgin)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2022-120-01)
Date:  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:22:40 -0700
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.02.2204301422240.9535@connie.slackware.com>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2022-120-01) New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Mitigate the potential for a man in the middle attack via DNS spoofing by removing the code that supported the _xmppconnect DNS TXT record. For more information, see: https://www.pidgin.im/about/security/advisories/cve-2022-... https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2... (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/pa... Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/pa... Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: c59bd678d1b199c036c8bfb75ca399c8 pidgin-2.12.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 887fb4057696463926ad58474285f07f pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: e9cb93c85f98bfa880ec67c54af6ed6c pidgin-2.12.0-i486-2_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 86adbb2303e88642f1bd1b5707a7ddb8 pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: 96c6521a1c4a6a81c0d5ddd72022830d pidgin-2.12.0-i586-2_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 1b62360e3f9eda72af5c7f3991284ebf pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz Slackware 15.0 package: ed238ac913f686097290072f2a01754d pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 63d4388542216a12f3a90614484295fb pidgin-2.14.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 769364f2537c93b74ea039228521d8a6 xap/pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: ec5431b3a2068a05bd6cbd0426e816a0 xap/pidgin-2.14.9-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+ 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----- iEYEARECAAYFAmJtp/cACgkQakRjwEAQIjPpvwCbBOYjVeOubrcmIb383SZq6XkB 26UAnRbe5Co4UXmDFec21zECYubmZ0jf =zmUt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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