[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: pidgin-2.14.8-3.fc36
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-4490dce823
2022-05-19 01:16:26.285949
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Name : pidgin
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 2.14.8
Release : 3.fc36
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, 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:
Security fix for CVE-2022-26491.
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ChangeLog:
* Tue May 10 2022 Jaroslav ��karvada <jskarvad(a)redhat.com> - 2.14.8-3
- Avoided MITM attack on non-DNSSEC XMPP connections
Resolves: CVE-2022-26491
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #2081227 - CVE-2022-26491 pidgin: MITM attack possible on non-DNSSEC XMPP
connections
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2081227
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-4490dce823' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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/keys
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