Secunia Security Advisory - Ubuntu has issued an update for pidgin. This fixes multiple weaknesses, security issues, and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a user's system.
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