| Description: | Updated pidgin packages that fix a security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.Pidgin is an instant messaging program which can log in to multipleaccounts on multiple instant messaging networks simultaneously. The AOLOpen System for Communication in Realtime (OSCAR) protocol is used by theAOL ICQ and AIM instant messaging systems.An invalid pointer dereference bug was found in the way the Pidgin OSCARprotocol implementation processed lists of contacts. A remote attackercould send a specially-crafted contact list to a user running Pidgin,causing Pidgin to crash. (CVE-2009-3615) |