[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pidgin-2.10.1-1.fc16

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-17558
2011-12-30 00:12:42
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Name        : pidgin
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 2.10.1
Release     : 1.fc16
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:

New release 2.10.1

Full Upstream ChangeLog:

http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Dec 29 2011 Stu Tomlinson <stu at nosnilmot.com> 2.10.1-1
- 2.10.1, includes security fixes for CVE-2011-3594, CVE-2011-4601,
  CVE-2011-4602, CVE-2011-4603
* Mon Nov 28 2011 Milan Crha <mcrha at redhat.com> 2.10.0-5
- Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server
* Sun Oct 30 2011 Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> 2.10.0-4
- Rebuild against newer evolution-data-server
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #761517 - CVE-2011-4601 pidgin (libpurple): Invalid UTF-8 string handling in OSCAR messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761517
  [ 2 ] Bug #761510 - CVE-2011-4602 pidgin: Multiple NULL pointer deference flaws by processing certain Jingle stanzas in the XMPP protocol plug-in
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761510
  [ 3 ] Bug #766446 - CVE-2011-4603 pidgin: SILC remote crash on channel messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=766446
  [ 4 ] Bug #743481 - CVE-2011-3594 libpurple: invalid UTF-8 string handling in SILC messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743481
  [ 5 ] Bug #742450 - pidgin: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing certain SILC private messages
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742450
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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 http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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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