Download Pidgin 2.10.5

Version 2.10.5 of Pidgin has been released. 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. The program also integrates well into Gnome and the KDE SC. The Mac OS X port is released under the name Adium. The changelog for version 2.10.5 looks like this:

libpurple:

• Add support for GNOME3 proxy settings. (Mihai Serban) (#15054)

Pidgin:

• Fix a crash that may occur when trying to ignore a user who is not in the current chat room. (#15139)

MSN:

• Fix building with MSVC on Windows (broken in 2.10.4). (Florian Queze)

MXit:

• Fix a buffer overflow vulnerability when parsing incoming messages containing inline images. Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for reporting this! (CVE-2012-3374)