Slackware 1085 Published by

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a possible security bug.

More details about this issue may be found here:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1380
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425576



Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:
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xap/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to firefox-2.0.0.14.
This upgrade fixes a potential security bug.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.2 package:
15c050cc7fb5356e65edf33779912a2a mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
15c050cc7fb5356e65edf33779912a2a mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
15c050cc7fb5356e65edf33779912a2a mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
15c050cc7fb5356e65edf33779912a2a mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz


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