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Slackware 12.2: SSA:2009-215-01 Important Update: Firefox Security Patch

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Calendar Grey August 3, 2009
Dist Slackware Esm H88
An upgraded version of the mozilla-firefox package for Slackware resolves significant vulnerabilities, accompanied by detailed installation guidelines.
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-3.0.13-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded. This fixes a couple of security issues. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-42/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-43/ (* 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: 4ef9bcda74b62a99ea912d05836bd700

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.0.13-i686-1.tgz

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