firefox (SSA:2006-045-02)
Posted on: 02/15/2006 11:15 AM

New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues.

More details about the issues may be found here:

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox1.5.0.1

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to
firefox-1.5.0.1. This fixes a DoS issue and some other security bugs.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox1.5.0.1
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.2 package:
2e825f0d711bcd2bb515902de9bc1e98 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
2e825f0d711bcd2bb515902de9bc1e98 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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