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Slackware 10.1: 2005-085-01 Moderate: Mozilla Security Fix Update

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2005
Scroller Slackware Esm H88
Recent Mozilla releases are now offered for Slackware to address multiple security vulnerabilities found in updates for Firefox and Thunderbird.
New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix various security issues and bugs

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.2.0 and gaim-encryption-2.36 (compiled against mozilla-1.7.6). patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mozilla-1.7.6. Fixes some security issues. Please see mozilla.org for a complete list. (* Security fix *) patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.6-noarch-1.tgz: Adjusted plugin symlinks for Mozilla 1.7.6.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software patch slackware mozilla firefox update thunderbird update

Where Find New Packages

Updated packages for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/mozilla-1.4.4-i486-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.4.4-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware 10.0:
Updated packages for Slackware 10.1:
Updated packages for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 9.1 packages: 21ca54aa595c4b2f17e66ead1afccfb3 gaim-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz c4f90b3cad4a3287024b8674817a2c18 mozilla-1.4.4-i486-1.tgz 1052d9aaf3a72d93f368aed09bf4621d mozilla-plugins-1.4.4-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 packages: e1c38b004ecfa1b99dcc33f70518c1e9 gaim-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz c3558a839c694c03e735c812f1daa8c8 mozilla-1.7.6-i486-1.tgz 8f8280c100124da310b37e01efa36faf mozilla-plugins-1.7.6-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 packages: b722b79421a794e660e49f4c3bc65c2a gaim-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz 086d2fccea0f0dc2f96834359a47c5ad mozilla-1.7.6-i486-1.tgz 201cb1551f44b6400b61e93fb7389212 mozilla-plugins-1.7.6-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware -current packages: 557e74c4b9d3ea2165fb93a35152b4b3 gaim-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz 122460234976155301def4e101f957cd jre-symlink-1.0.2-noarch-1.tgz f0ea90b10eb8a6914392e2aacda476ed mozilla-1.7.6-i486-1.tgz 2fcda52717de80dc7e49c890d0c5ec2b mozilla-firefox-1.0.2-i686-1.tgz 6374edbb1a28da8f28b1ff90b279ce40 mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.2-i686-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory software patch slackware mozilla firefox update thunderbird update

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg gaim-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz mozilla-1.7.6-i486-1.tgz mozilla-plugins-1.7.6-noarch-1.tgz