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Slackware 14.0: 2013-093-02 Critical Mozilla-Thunderbird Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2013
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Latest mozilla-thunderbird updates released for Slackware to address vital security vulnerabilities promptly. Keep your software updated!
New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/ (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update critical fix Slackware Mozilla Thunderbird

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.37 package: eeea2dcceb8d416161c63207c807a53a mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 2bb135dc92b06439d455a49a4d30b5a7 mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 27f2fc59f059ba5f03dd966a91397450 mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 143e4d81e0014c29c0d3d0fe3d6dec2d mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 9cc2a18163069577c93629b60bb30e95 xap/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 7f6bc510cbdebc708b7192203137641c xap/mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update critical fix Slackware Mozilla Thunderbird

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-17.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz