Bug 717668

Summary: Update pidgin to version 2.9 which contains a security update
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Heiko Adams <bugzilla>
Component: pidginAssignee: Stu Tomlinson <stu>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 15CC: elad, fedora, itamar, stu
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URL: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=52
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Fixed In Version: pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-07-04 18:56:15 UTC Type: ---
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Description Heiko Adams 2011-06-29 14:28:47 UTC
Pidgin 2.9 was recently released to adress at least a security update to prevent remote DoS attacks (http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2485).

Comment 1 Elad Alfassa 2011-06-30 07:50:03 UTC
Setting priority to urgent.



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Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-07-01 00:48:04 UTC
pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-07-01 00:48:29 UTC
pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc15

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-07-01 18:53:20 UTC
Package pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-07-04 18:55:50 UTC
pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2011-07-12 04:51:38 UTC
pidgin-2.9.0-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.