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Slackware: 2009-232-01 Critical: Mozilla-Thunderbird SSL Compromise

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Calendar Grey August 21, 2009
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Update for mozilla-thunderbird on Slackware resolves SSL vulnerability concern. Install newer packages for various editions.
New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue: "MFSA 2009-42 Compromise of SSL-protected communica...

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz: This upgrade fixes a security bug. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird-2.0/ (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory package update security fix Slackware Mozilla-Thunderbird SSL compromise

Where Find New Packages

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.2 package: 7939b592374267e034d8fcd74014f9b5 mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package: 7939b592374267e034d8fcd74014f9b5 mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.0 package: 7939b592374267e034d8fcd74014f9b5 mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package: 7939b592374267e034d8fcd74014f9b5 mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 7939b592374267e034d8fcd74014f9b5 mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: 998759e37b6c85b9b974ac54fbe10576 mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.txz
Slackware64 -current package: 5c6901c699c94c187854489233e993cf mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory package update security fix Slackware Mozilla-Thunderbird SSL compromise

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.23-i686-1.tgz