A pidgin security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: pidgin (SSA:2022-120-01)

[slackware-security] pidgin (SSA:2022-120-01)

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Mitigate the potential for a man in the middle attack via DNS spoofing by
removing the code that supported the _xmppconnect DNS TXT record.
For more information, see:
  https://www.pidgin.im/about/security/advisories/cve-2022-26491/
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26491
(* 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 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.12.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.12.0-i486-2_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/pidgin-2.12.0-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.14.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/pidgin-2.14.9-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
c59bd678d1b199c036c8bfb75ca399c8 pidgin-2.12.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
887fb4057696463926ad58474285f07f pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
e9cb93c85f98bfa880ec67c54af6ed6c pidgin-2.12.0-i486-2_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
86adbb2303e88642f1bd1b5707a7ddb8 pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
96c6521a1c4a6a81c0d5ddd72022830d pidgin-2.12.0-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
1b62360e3f9eda72af5c7f3991284ebf pidgin-2.12.0-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
ed238ac913f686097290072f2a01754d pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
63d4388542216a12f3a90614484295fb pidgin-2.14.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
769364f2537c93b74ea039228521d8a6 xap/pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
ec5431b3a2068a05bd6cbd0426e816a0 xap/pidgin-2.14.9-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pidgin-2.14.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz