A Thunderbird security update is available for Slackware Linux.
New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current
to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-i686-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/68.4.2/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird.html
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
127eb365b1e5eb4d5202ce408243db68 mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
65c536127339a9b81633bfd281dd29b5 mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
59d24c3525e78a210c082aebd0d03445 xap/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
2e92f830c84862e4d0959f57cba26429 xap/mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-68.4.2-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
