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TITLE:
Gentoo update for pidgin

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33614

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33614/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Spoofing, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for pidgin. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to conduct spoofing attacks and compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA30881
SA30971
SA31390

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-im/pidgin-2.5.1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200901-13:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200901-13.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30881:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30881/

SA30971:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30971/

SA31390:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31390/

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