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Slackware 13.1 2010-344-03: Significant Mozilla-Thunderbird Security Fix

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2010-343-02) New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.11-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This upgrade fixes some more security bugs. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird-3.0/ (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 13.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: Updated package for Slackware 13.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.0 package: 109c2ac6eefb608765857ed60b8bf70a mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.11-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: e17a91bac8416bba5d81de73adb268b1 mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.11-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: 109c2ac6eefb608765857ed60b8bf70a mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.11-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 1cf5d5b8704546ddee573fd4bec45c2c mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.11-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware -current package: cc4ff468be7b1c94e8e40abf59a0b170 xap/mozilla-thunderbird-3.1.7-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: d40bd891a1b71187b6c192ec197d3033 xap/mozilla-thunderbird-3.1.7-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.11-i686-1.txz +-----+ . Latest versions of mozilla-thunderbird are made available for Slackware to fix vulnerabilities and improve overall safety.. Mozilla Thunderbird Patch, Slackware Security Update, OpenSSL Fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 10, 2010 •Important Slackware