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Slackware: SSA:2006-045-03 Critical: Firefox DoS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2006
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Latest Firefox updates launched for Slackware to fix vulnerabilities with detailed installation guidelines.
New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: 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: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/ (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS issue security fix Slackware Firefox patch

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

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

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security advisory DoS issue security fix Slackware Firefox patch

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Installation Instructions

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