[slackware-security]  mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2012-326-03)

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0,
and -current to fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This release contains security fixes and improvements.
  For more information, see:
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird.html
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/mozilla-thunde
rbird-17.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/mozilla-thun
derbird-17.0-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunder
bird-17.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thund
erbird-17.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunder
bird-17.0-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-thu
nderbird-17.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.37 package:
8d2c694f893589e2ae43567ba7be718d  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
2839aee6b18f5c80a5d6899335cebbe9  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
fbf8b07f742fe6648188b14441cfe681  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
61534fbd17c098146f0e15ddf5760a55  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
5ca0ab6a4bb484e499c35a0527eb33f7  xap/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
120e12f123cd3da289ad1b9691424724  xap/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-17.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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