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Slackware 10.2 SSA:2006-107-01 Moderate: Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2006
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Updated Firefox distributions address vulnerabilities for Slackware 10.2 and -current platforms, enhancing security measures.
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-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-1.5.0.2. This upgrade fixes several possible 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 security issue software update security fix moderate severity firefox Slackware

Where Find New Packages

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

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.2 package: a92ac28e798d29bbd83f860688f6f078 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: 71e9fd425b99589150d8d7ce6a3afeeb mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz

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security advisory security issue software update security fix moderate severity firefox Slackware

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz