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TITLE:
Fedora update for pidgin

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27088

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27088/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
https://secunia.com/product/15552/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for pidgin. This fixes a weakness, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

For more information:
SA27010

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

1fd2b17ccd19358e4cb80260a42865be77e1ce0d finch-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
aee780078a9d282f8fde602472e2a0e467456bd9
pidgin-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
bdf8404b65ed66c2e876bbaee0aae8e27221bf66
libpurple-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
989231a51da735c9f151ffa6870faa19d39bb411
pidgin-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
cbb98d11c7d889558d4ea68ed616faed3b91718f
pidgin-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
4cebb7903097018b87052955a92ffaa09d09e35c
libpurple-tcl-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
100c436eb959b8e8749038873ce2370c3c97021d
libpurple-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
a02ee081b0f0136022201591c22e7ac68703e44d
pidgin-debuginfo-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
bfbfe0af13fef9ffe018cef80d25f2da5dc4d15c
finch-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
b4b2fd6aaf9ec44666826d1604ff722f1870e420
libpurple-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
61e230f5224df6101bf776a568abe2d7a118506d finch-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
36d86f2868eee87a06ff3e4c2c3c0e392b19b524 pidgin-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
d5fe37158e49f7b74bcfa07659145d226a1f42ee
libpurple-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
b5de0396a7a47d6f1575b912d75c755b782ed4b7
pidgin-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
527b8c79899f99ecbdc4bcf62917916745e042bb
libpurple-tcl-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
99537dc21782cbfea9eaefd3ad1d2de53a1d5f07
libpurple-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
515f1baa39457125743f8470e4efd10dc47e5bed
finch-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
023a3429b2a32d77166769f6ce32d95d04867b31
pidgin-debuginfo-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
105715c1b988dc33dced6ba614cdc298816e5b25
pidgin-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
facda47de9680ba2dd85e35f2ca1d7092ddf57b3
libpurple-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.i386.rpm
b2b6f90242828a215248ec224dc6deebee79cc21
libpurple-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
8cd87905480b5a992d34dbe98fa6aa4601e6a4e1
libpurple-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
e6d642f8090658595005d2398541140a8fb065f5
pidgin-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
206c001676f7e37172d17816bf36b8f1ae99f814
finch-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
ccad7f99d346c8f0a89a9ab037be6a43812a5ed4
pidgin-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
338a2a241a933e8a81c17c9cf387718e1d40c2b9
finch-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
6152293dd7f524613ee21e5ca1df2ce2434939bc
libpurple-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
b3a409e0b8b0544b5d156f50dc3100db8f29af4d
pidgin-debuginfo-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
df3abe323428c1375d9ebd336296d95e85ed3530
pidgin-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
2284320a5f802350d5f46c75c5f19a18193db4ab
libpurple-tcl-2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
0252e9b5a827f3bacccba103bef98c6590ff6557
libpurple-tcl-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
d97ca4d818dd09f7bd91cbdbc2cd3d613b8bd0c2
pidgin-debuginfo-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
af5a1690a0e6f7dc40c35ee7502732fbcf566210
libpurple-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
80760011fa7026fccae58458c4bba933accf2b48
libpurple-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
60dece3ff9da03ecd02d35bd89be00592a8591a2
libpurple-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
ea2e9b6472c301ed8bb99518a95ca37a5f2d89bb
pidgin-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
75bab10cd9adb2b7a6f7f7a5e9a63c26ca713fb3 finch-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
25c62eeaffeee7efe35fc77a66771b0f07480580 pidgin-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
29247e9cddcf0adc3e309e9b38d93c7c76d0ca67
pidgin-perl-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
29744696b89896f4d8eebf97dfa7cdecfaf5891d
finch-devel-2.2.1-1.fc7.ppc.rpm
dd80bf4cd6e060378009574373b2e97b29e1dc56 pidgin-2.2.1-1.fc7.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00036.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27010:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27010/

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