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[SSA:2023-273-02] mozilla-thunderbird

Severity High
Affected Packages 4
CVEs 1
Info Packages Vulnerabilities

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current
to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog

patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-i686-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains a security fix for a critical heap buffer overflow in
the libvpx VP8 encoder.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/115.3.1/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages

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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-i686-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 15.0 package:
0cea2374ec068923458ad9c103478ebf mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-i686-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
52a2814e0b07a90be709bd26928fb5eb mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
602be3f93800465c9db6f6aff9554a56 xap/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
263fe29cea0d763a4309ae6d659c0f8c xap/mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-thunderbird-115.3.1-i686-1_slack15.0.txz

Package Affected Version
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-current < 115.3.1
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-15.0 < 115.3.1
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=i686&distro=slackware-current < 115.3.1
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=i686&distro=slackware-15.0 < 115.3.1
ID
SSA:2023-273-02
Severity
high
Severity from
CVE-2023-5217
URL
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2023&m=slackware-security.371037
Published
2023-09-30T21:42:55
(11 months ago)
Modified
2023-09-30T21:42:55
(11 months ago)
Rights
Slackware Linux Security Team
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-current slackware mozilla-thunderbird < 115.3.1 slackware64-current x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-15.0 slackware mozilla-thunderbird < 115.3.1 slackware64-15.0 x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=i686&distro=slackware-current slackware mozilla-thunderbird < 115.3.1 slackware-current i686
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-thunderbird?arch=i686&distro=slackware-15.0 slackware mozilla-thunderbird < 115.3.1 slackware-15.0 i686
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