Download Pidgin 2.7.2

Pidgin has been updated to version 2.7.2. This multi-protocol instant messaging program can handle the networks of AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, irc, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, Silc, Simple, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo and Zephyr. During installation, you can choose from as many as seventy different languages ​​and add spell check. Binaries are available for Windows, but the source code can be compiled under Linux and integrates well into Gnome and the KDE SC. The Mac OS X port is released under the name Adium. The changelog for this release looks like this:

AIM and ICQ

• Fix a crash bug related to X-Status messages that can be triggered by remove users. This is CVE-2010-2528.
• Fix a rare crash bug caused by certain incoming SMS messages (discovered by Jan Kaluza–thanks Jan!).
• Change HTML sent from ICQ accounts so that official ICQ clients hopefully display it correctly.

MSN

• Fix a crash related to fast buddy icon transfers