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Slackware 10.2: SSA:2006-208-01 Moderate: Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey

New Firefox and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. In addition, a new Seamonkey package is available for Slackware -current to fix similar issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] firefox/thunderbird/seamonkey (SSA:2006-208-01) New Firefox and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. In addition, a new Seamonkey package is available for Slackware -current to fix similar issues. More details about the issues may be found here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/ Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-1.5.0.5. This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/ (* Security fix *) patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to thunderbird-1.5.0.5. This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/ (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 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 packages for Slackware 10.2: Updated packages for Slackware -current: MD5signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.2 packages: d91f181d70476d65be1d05ef8f1243da mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz 2d1b7e7f83e2032bf98c7b16aee2ffe1 mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz Slackware -current packages: e1445dc156424e179ac06ba9db0b77b4 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz d396d14282a52f6ee87cda9cc44a4bf6 mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz be11c23817b8b6e7b6b567626b412427 seamonkey-1.0.3-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.5-i686-1.tgz And for Slackware -current: # upgradepkg seamonkey-1.0.3-i486-1.tgz +-----+ . Updated Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey packages for Slackware fix various security issues. Essential upgrades now released.. Slackware Security Update, Firefox Upgrade, Thunderbird Patch, Seamonkey Fix. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 27, 2006 •Important Slackware