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Slackware: SSA:2007-331-01 Critical: Firefox Security Update

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2007
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Updated Mozilla Firefox packages now tackle severe security vulnerabilities affecting Slackware users across various iterations.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-2.0.0.10. This upgrade fixes some more 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 software update security fix firefox Slackware critical severity threat mitigation

Where Find New Packages

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 (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.2 package: cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package: cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.0 package: cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update security fix firefox Slackware critical severity threat mitigation

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz