[slackware-security]  mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2013-009-02)

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-17.0.2-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-17.0.2-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-17.0.2-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-17.0.2-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-17.0.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunder
bird-17.0.2-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-thu
nderbird-17.0.2-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.37 package:
5090d8a3409b965828fbbaeecd9f9617  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
f92f17e1c766756a30eca9f5d4bb0f1a  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
e3c5fdbfc5c4c7bb32dd9381aefb26da  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
c23a22f42257b058768f4664de40802e  mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
e94ac11a0ac311d65de8699b74bb93ca  xap/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
fbc3d023a482729be9b4f0a32319d458  xap/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.2-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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