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Slackware 12.2: SSA:2009-209-01 Critical: Mozilla-Firefox Fix

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2009
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An updated chrome-browser package for Slackware 12.2 resolves vulnerabilities. Update immediately for improved safety.
A new mozilla-firefox package is available for Slackware 12.2 to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.12-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-3.0.12. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/ (* Security fix *) Where to find the new package: 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 12.2: MD5 signature: Slackware 12.2 package: 3b4d421668f687a3dc3e7dec850d58f7 mozilla-firefox-3.0.12-i686-1.tgz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.0.12-i686-1.tgz