Wave 0x1 – Fix available and additional info
2009.09.06
The Pidgin IRC TOPIC message DoS vulnerability has received a CVE number: CVE-2009-2703.
Pidgin 2.6.2 fixes the vulnerability and is now available for download at the Pidgin website (http://www.pidgin.im).
It worths also mentioning that Pidgin has now a specific page that provides information for dealing with Pidgin security bugs at http://pidgin.im/security
The page also reports an e-mail address for security issues communications.