[sflack-security] pidgin (SFSA:2007-275-01)

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[sflack-security] pidgin (SFSA:2007-275-01)

A new pidgin package is available for Sflack 12.0 to fix a minor
fix security issue.

More details about this issue may be found here:

http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23


Here are the details from the Sflack 12.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/pidgin-2.2.1-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz:
Upgraded to pidgin-2.2.1.
This fixes a crash that can be triggered remotely on MSN in 2.2.0.
For more information, see:
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new package:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at Evolva Telecom
(http://evolva.ro) and serghei.net (http://serghei.net)
for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Sflack project! :-)

Also see the "Get Sflack" section on http://sflack.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Sflack 12.0:
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-12.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.2.1-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz


MD5 signature:
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Sflack 12.0 package:
b65153151555c2969bdda40de08cadcb pidgin-2.2.1-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pidgin-2.2.1-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz


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Sflack Linux Security Team
http://sflack.com/gpg-key
security at sflack.com

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