Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-1854-01 - Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multiple accounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: pidgin. Security Fix: A denial of service flaw was found in the way Pidgin's Mxit plug-in handled emoticons. A malicious remote server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash Pidgin by sending a specially crafted emoticon.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 2390-1 - Jacob Appelbaum and an anonymous person discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certificate validation. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. Yves Younan and Richard Johnson discovered that Pidgin incorrectly handled certain malformed MXit emoticons. A malicious remote server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Pidgin to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Slackware Security Advisory - New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 3055-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, a multi-protocol instant messaging client.
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