Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for mozilla-thunderbird. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, or potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for mozilla-thunderbird
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29211
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29211/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, 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 can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions,
or potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA28808
SA29133
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.12-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.12-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.12-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.12-i686-1.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.445399
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28808:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28808/
SA29133:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29133/
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