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Fedora 24 ThunderBird Update FEDORA-2017-e63f2f0d11 Critical Security Issue

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2017
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The newest version of Mozilla Thunderbird addresses essential security flaws. Ensure your system is up-to-date to maintain your protection.
For changes see: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/45.8.0/releasenotes/

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Update Information:

For changes see: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/45.8.0/releasenotes/

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security advisory critical software update Fedora mail client Thunderbird

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-e63f2f0d11 2017-03-13 18:41:33.880523
Name : thunderbird Product : Fedora 24 Version : 45.8.0 Release : 1.fc24 URL : https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Home_Page Summary : Mozilla Thunderbird mail/newsgroup client Description : Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade thunderbird' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: thunderbird
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 45.8.0
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Home_Page
Summary: Mozilla Thunderbird mail/newsgroup client

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update Fedora mail client Thunderbird

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