Pidgin 2.11.0 is Released, Multi-protocol instant messaging client on Linux Mint and Ubuntu Derivatives

Pidgin is an open source project that provides users with a multi-protocol instant messaging client that includes a wide range of attractive of benefits. It is supported under Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Supports a wide range of IM protocols
Supported IM protocols include XMPP/Jabber, IRC, ICQ, AIM, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Google Talk, MySpaceIM, Zephyr, Bonjour, MXit, Sametime, Groupwise, MSN, SIMPLE, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Japan, and Facebook.

Features at a glance
The application features buddy pounces, certificates, custom smileys, moods, room list, file transfers, sounds, system tray integration, spell checking, custom themes, automatic reply, idle time reporting, and much more.

Standard IM functions include the ability to add buddies, add groups, add and join chats, view user information and log, sort contacts by status, recent log activity, manually, or alphabetically, as well as to view offline buddies, empty groups, idle times, buddy details and protocol icons.

What’s new in Pidgin 2.11.0 :

General:

• 2.10.12 was accidentally released with new additions to the API and should have been released as 2.11.0. Unfortunately, we did not catch the mistake until after 2.10.12 was released, but we’re fixing it now. See ChangeLog.API for more information.
• Include the Mozilla certificate bundle. This fixes connecting to servers with certificates from Let’s Encrypt. Remove all 1024-bit CAs

libpurple:

• media: fix an issue with ximagesink displaying only a corner cut-out of a larger webcam video (Jakub Adam)
• mediamanager: update output window destruction so that it reflects recent changes in the media pipeline structure (Jakub Adam)
• Ported Instantbird’s CommandUiOps to libpurple (Dequis)

Pidgin:

• Fixed #14962
• Fixed alignment of incoming right-to-left messages in protocols that don’t support rich text
• Fix a potential crash while exiting pidgin

AIM:

• Add support for the newer kerberos-based authentication of AIM 8.x
• Windows-Specific Changes:
• Use getaddrinfo for DNS to enable IPv6 (#1075)
• Updates to dependencies: NSS 3.24 and NSPR 4.12.
• Bonjour
• Fixed building on Mac OSX (Patrick Cloke) (#16883)

ICQ:

• Stop truncating passwords to 8 characters like old ICQ clients did. (#16692). If you actually needed this, truncate your password manually by pressing backspace a few times.

IRC:

• Base64-decode SASL messages before passing to libsasl (#16268)

MXit:

• Fixed a buffer overflow. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0120)
• Fixed a remote out-of-bounds read. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0140)
• Fixed a remote out-of-band read. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0138, TALOS-CAN-0135)
• Fixed an invalid read. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos (TALOS-CAN-0118)
• Fixed a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0119)
• Fixed an out-of-bounds read discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0123)
• Fixed a directory traversal issue. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos (TALOS-CAN-0128)
• Fixed a remote denial of service vulnerability that could result in a null pointer dereference. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0133)
• Fixed a remote denial of service that could result in an out-of-bounds read. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos (TALOS-CAN-0134)
• Fixed multiple remote buffer overflows. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0136)
• Fixed a remote NULL pointer dereference. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos (TALOS-CAN-0137)
• Fixed a remote code execution issue discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0142)
• Fixed a remote denial of service vulnerability in contact mood handling. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos (TALOS-CAN-0141)
• Fixed a remote out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0139)
• Fix a remote out-of-bounds read. Discovered by Yves Younan of Cisco Talos. (TALOS-CAN-0143)

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