[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: pidgin-2.10.10-2.fc21

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-14112
2014-11-01 15:23:06
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Name        : pidgin
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 2.10.10
Release     : 2.fc21
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:

fix build on arches without valgrind
Update to 2.10.10
Security fix for CVE-2014-3694, CVE-2014-3695, CVE-2014-3696, CVE-2014-3698
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1154908 - CVE-2014-3694 pidgin: SSL/TLS plug-ins failed to check Basic Constraints
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154908
  [ 2 ] Bug #1154909 - CVE-2014-3695 pidgin: crash in MXit protocol plug-in
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154909
  [ 3 ] Bug #1154910 - CVE-2014-3696 pidgin: denial of service parsing Groupwise server message
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154910
  [ 4 ] Bug #1154911 - CVE-2014-3698 pidgin: remote information leak via crafted XMPP message
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154911
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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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