New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:pidgin (SSA:2014-034-01) Update for Slackware
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patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes various security issues and other bugs.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6152
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6477
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6478
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6479
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6481
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6482
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6483
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6484
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6485
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6486
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6487
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6489
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6490
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0020
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
d125fc16d51b970be44fb6367f427fb7 pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
56d549ed78d34479a6d5cae16fc90a08 pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package:
89963dc22f6c039e220a764d7996aa7e pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
1ad701e1b2e38f82f7930f7096c515df pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package:
e3cc0931b2c51d359952abb56b3b0e40 pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
f14f5e39525acdc2d1ca62e88fd80bb5 pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
35e6845a786f92221e94de456080813a pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
7f7f74a1daf52c055732d7931c789aed pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
31758ebc96f326717320b918c4e604aa pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
b673b9d3b00b21b9609708e692f80f33 pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
1a63922879222e638dc4f25bffcf0a60 xap/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
8fe81b1bcfb205c43a546d39f8ae3024 xap/pidgin-2.10.9-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz