RHSA-2009:1218: Critical: pidgin security update

First published: Tue Aug 18 2009(Updated: )

Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple<br>accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously.<br>Federico Muttis of Core Security Technologies discovered a flaw in Pidgin's<br>MSN protocol handler. If a user received a malicious MSN message, it was<br>possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running<br>Pidgin. (CVE-2009-2694)<br>Note: Users can change their privacy settings to only allow messages from<br>users on their buddy list to limit the impact of this flaw.<br>These packages upgrade Pidgin to version 2.5.9. Refer to the Pidgin release<br>notes for a full list of changes: <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog" target="_blank">http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog</a> All Pidgin users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve<br>this issue. Pidgin must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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