Slackware-13.0 ChangeLog (2011-06-27)
Mon Jun 27 21:29:54 UTC 2011
Packages
Upgraded
- patches/packages/pidgin-2.9.0-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Fixed a remote denial of service. A remote attacker could set a specially
crafted GIF file as their buddy icon causing vulerable versions of pidgin
to crash due to excessive memory use.
For more information, see:
http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=52
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2485
(* Security fix *)