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Pidgin, previously known as Gaim, is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. Pidgin messenger is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, SILC, Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks.

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File Name : Pidgin 2.10.1

Version : 2.10.1

Size : 9.90MB

Developer: Pidgin Team | More software
License / Price: GPL / FREE
Last Updated: December 12th, 2011
Category: Communications | Chat     

What's New in This Release:
Finch:
· Fix compilation on OpenBSD.
AIM and ICQ:
· Fix remotely-triggerable crashes by validating strings in a few messages related to buddy list management. Thanks to Evgeny Boger for reporting this!
Bonjour:
· IPv6 fixes (Linus Lüssing)
Gadu-Gadu:
· Fix problems linking against GnuTLS.
IRC:
· Fix a memory leak when admitting UTF-8 text with a non-UTF-8 primary encoding.
Jabber:
· Fix crashes and memory leaks when receiving malformed voice and video requests. Thanks to Thijs Alkemade for reporting this!
Sametime:
· Separate "username" and "server" when adding new Sametime accounts.
· Fix compilation in Visual C++.
SILC:
· Fix CVE-2011-3594, by UTF-8 validating incoming messages before passing them to glib or libpurple. Identified by Diego Bauche Madero from IOActive.
Yahoo!:
· Fetch buddy icons in some cases where we previously weren't.

Download Pidgin 2.10.1 [Linux Software] [tar.bz2]

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