Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for mozilla-thunderbird. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for mozillla-thunderbird
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31286
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31286/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for mozilla-thunderbird. This fixes
some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA30915
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30915:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30915/
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