Pidgin Oscar Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)

Summary
This host has Pidgin installed and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to cause a Denial of Service. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Pidgin version 2.6.3 http://pidgin.im/download
Insight
This issue is caused by an error in the Oscar protocol plugin when processing malformed ICQ or AIM contacts sent by the SIM IM client, which could cause an invalid memory access leading to a crash.
Affected
Pidgin version prior to 2.6.3 on Linux.
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