--- a/ChangeLog Thu Oct 09 20:56:08 2014 -0700 +++ b/ChangeLog Sun Oct 12 23:28:58 2014 -0700 @@ -1,9 +1,17 @@ Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul -version 2.10.10 (?/?/?): +version 2.10.10 (10/22/14): General: - * Allow and prefer TLS 1.2 and 1.1 when using libnss. (Elrond and - Ashish Gupta) (#15909) + * Check the basic constraints extension when validating SSL/TLS + certificates. This fixes a security hole that allowed a malicious + man-in-the-middle to impersonate an IM server or any other https + endpoint. This affected both the NSS and GnuTLS plugins. (Discovered + by an anonymous person and Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor Project, with + thanks to Moxie Marlinspike for first publishing about this type of + vulnerability. Thanks to Kai Engert for guidance and for some of the + NSS changes). + * Allow and prefer TLS 1.2 and 1.1 when using the NSS plugin for SSL. + (Elrond and Ashish Gupta) (#15909) libpurple3 compatibility: * Encrypted account passwords are preserved until the new one is set.