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Posted on 20 August 2009
Slackware Security[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:
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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-write
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2694
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/pidgin-2.5.9-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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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:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pidgin-2.5.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
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