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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-5552
2009-05-28 07:01:28
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Name        : pidgin
Product     : Fedora 9
Version     : 2.5.6
Release     : 1.fc9
URL         : http://pidgin.im/
Summary     : A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
Description :
Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging
protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu,
ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and
Zephyr.  These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to
use design.  To use a protocol, just add an account using the
account editor.

Pidgin supports many common features of other clients, as well as many
unique features, such as perl scripting, TCL scripting and C plugins.

Pidgin is not affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc.,
Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., or ICQ Inc.

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Update Information:

This is a bugfix & security fix release of Pidgin.    The full ChangeLog is
available at http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog    Details of the
security fixes included are available at http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/
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ChangeLog:

* Wed May 20 2009 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.6-1
- 2.5.6
* Mon Apr 20 2009 Warren Togami  2.5.5-3
- F12+ removed krb4
* Tue Mar  3 2009 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.5-1
- 2.5.5
* Thu Feb 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering  - 2.5.4-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
* Tue Jan 27 2009 Warren Togami  2.5.4-2
- one_time_password plugin
- Eliminate RPATH
* Mon Jan 12 2009 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.4-1
- 2.5.4
* Fri Dec 26 2008 Warren Togami  2.5.3-1
- 2.5.3
* Sat Nov 22 2008 Warren Togami  2.5.2-6
- Automatically detect booleans to enable build features from dist tag
- Unify RHEL4 and RHEL5 spec with Fedora to make both easier to maintain
* Fri Nov 21 2008 Warren Togami  2.5.2-2
- Upstream backports:
  100: sametime-redirect-null crash
  101: NetworkManager-improvement
  102: no-password-in-dialog-if-not-remembering
  103: temporarily-remember-password-during-auto-reconnect
  104: smilie-theme-change-crash
  105: url_fetch_connect_cb-double-free crash
  106: GtkIMHtmlSmileys-remove-crash
  107: remove-dialog-from-open-dialog-list
* Mon Oct 20 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.2-1
- 2.5.2
- Generate doxygen API documentation (#466693)
* Tue Sep 16 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.1-3
- Backport fixes from upstream:
  Add "Has You:" back to MSN tooltips
  Fix crash during removal of your own buddy icon
  Fix crash when handling self signed certificate with NSS SSL
* Tue Sep 16 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.1-2
- Fix a crash with GNOME proxy enabled (#461951)
* Sun Aug 31 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.1-1
- 2.5.1
* Sat Aug 23 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.5.0-1
- 2.5.0
* Tue Jul  1 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.4.3-1.1
- Add a patch to build with latest rawhide tcl
* Tue Jul  1 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.4.3-1
- 2.4.3
* Sat May 17 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.4.2-1
- 2.4.2
* Tue May 13 2008 Stu Tomlinson  2.4.1-3
- Rebuild for new evolution-data-server
- Clean up default prefs.xml
- Enable nautilus integration plugin by default in prefs.xml (#242289)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #500488 - CVE-2009-1373 pidgin file transfer buffer overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500488
  [ 2 ] Bug #500490 - CVE-2009-1374 pidgin DoS when decrypting qq packets
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500490
  [ 3 ] Bug #500491 - CVE-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491
  [ 4 ] Bug #500493 - CVE-2009-1376 pidgin incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500493
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update pidgin' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 9 Update: pidgin-2.5.6-1.fc9

June 2, 2009
This is a bugfix & security fix release of Pidgin

Summary

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging

protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu,

ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and

Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to

use design. To use a protocol, just add an account using the

account editor.

Pidgin supports many common features of other clients, as well as many

unique features, such as perl scripting, TCL scripting and C plugins.

Pidgin is not affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc.,

Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., or ICQ Inc.

Update Information:

This is a bugfix & security fix release of Pidgin. The full ChangeLog is available at http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog Details of the security fixes included are available at http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/

Change Log

* Wed May 20 2009 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.6-1 - 2.5.6 * Mon Apr 20 2009 Warren Togami 2.5.5-3 - F12+ removed krb4 * Tue Mar 3 2009 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.5-1 - 2.5.5 * Thu Feb 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.5.4-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Jan 27 2009 Warren Togami 2.5.4-2 - one_time_password plugin - Eliminate RPATH * Mon Jan 12 2009 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.4-1 - 2.5.4 * Fri Dec 26 2008 Warren Togami 2.5.3-1 - 2.5.3 * Sat Nov 22 2008 Warren Togami 2.5.2-6 - Automatically detect booleans to enable build features from dist tag - Unify RHEL4 and RHEL5 spec with Fedora to make both easier to maintain * Fri Nov 21 2008 Warren Togami 2.5.2-2 - Upstream backports: 100: sametime-redirect-null crash 101: NetworkManager-improvement 102: no-password-in-dialog-if-not-remembering 103: temporarily-remember-password-during-auto-reconnect 104: smilie-theme-change-crash 105: url_fetch_connect_cb-double-free crash 106: GtkIMHtmlSmileys-remove-crash 107: remove-dialog-from-open-dialog-list * Mon Oct 20 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.2-1 - 2.5.2 - Generate doxygen API documentation (#466693) * Tue Sep 16 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.1-3 - Backport fixes from upstream: Add "Has You:" back to MSN tooltips Fix crash during removal of your own buddy icon Fix crash when handling self signed certificate with NSS SSL * Tue Sep 16 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.1-2 - Fix a crash with GNOME proxy enabled (#461951) * Sun Aug 31 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.1-1 - 2.5.1 * Sat Aug 23 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.5.0-1 - 2.5.0 * Tue Jul 1 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.4.3-1.1 - Add a patch to build with latest rawhide tcl * Tue Jul 1 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.4.3-1 - 2.4.3 * Sat May 17 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.4.2-1 - 2.4.2 * Tue May 13 2008 Stu Tomlinson 2.4.1-3 - Rebuild for new evolution-data-server - Clean up default prefs.xml - Enable nautilus integration plugin by default in prefs.xml (#242289)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #500488 - CVE-2009-1373 pidgin file transfer buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500488 [ 2 ] Bug #500490 - CVE-2009-1374 pidgin DoS when decrypting qq packets https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500490 [ 3 ] Bug #500491 - CVE-2009-1375 pidgin PurpleCircBuffer corruption https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500491 [ 4 ] Bug #500493 - CVE-2009-1376 pidgin incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2927 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=500493

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update pidgin' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : pidgin
Product : Fedora 9
Version : 2.5.6
Release : 1.fc9
URL : http://pidgin.im/
Summary : A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client

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