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[SA35188] Gentoo update for pidgin

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue May 26 2009 - 17:47:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for pidgin

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35188

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35188/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for pidgin. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA35194

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-im/pidgin-2.5.6" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200905-07:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-07.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA35194:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35194/

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