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Slackware 12.2 and 13.0: SSA:2009-351-01 Critical: Firefox Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2010
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Security enhancements implemented for Mozilla Firefox on Slackware, introducing vital updates and patches to mitigate vulnerabilities.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to firefox-3.5.6. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.5/ (* Security fix *)

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security advisory critical security fix slackware package upgrade firefox web browser

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 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.2 package: fd9cc343c59c9a80b846b131182e415e mozilla-firefox-3.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 51b91bbf8d021717337ee485e3c21a50 mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 5de900b73be18124824d5b856793040e mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 51b91bbf8d021717337ee485e3c21a50 mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 1b14161dce3656bf09630615c911228e mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory critical security fix slackware package upgrade firefox web browser

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz