pidgin

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/patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pidgin-2.5.6-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/pidgin-2.5.6-x86_64-1.txz

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