RHBA-2010:0176 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated pidgin packages that fix a bug are now available.

Description

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols
including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell
Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr.

These updated pidgin packages fix the following bug:

• Pidgin users who attempted to log on to an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)

account found that their connections failed due to recent AIM protocol
changes. A workaround for this incompatibility involved disabling secure
authentication. This update resolves the incompatibility so that Pidgin
users are once again able to log on to their AOL Instant Messenger accounts
using secure authentication. (BZ#576311)

All users of pidgin are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 576311 - AIM protocol broken, clientLogin issues

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)