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Slackware 12.2: SSA:2010-065-01 Critical: Mozilla Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2010
Dist Slackware Esm H88
A fresh version of the mozilla-firefox package has been released for Slackware 12.2, rectifying significant security vulnerabilities and enhancing overall system reliability.
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: Sat Mar 6 18:57:32 UTC 2010 patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.18-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded. Upgraded to firefox-3.0.18. 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: 49da8c83faa407024fb9560e722ae33f

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.0.18-i686-1.tgz

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