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TITLE:
Fedora update for pidgin

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39918

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-05-26

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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:
SA39801

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update pidgin").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-8523:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041803.html

FEDORA-2010-8524:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041846.html

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