Slackware alert SSA:2004-266-03 (mozilla)

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[slackware-security]  Mozilla (SSA:2004-266-03)
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Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:39:12 -0700 (PDT)


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[slackware-security]  Mozilla (SSA:2004-266-03)

New Mozilla 1.7.3 packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.3-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to mozilla-1.7.3.
  The Mozilla page says this fixes some "minor security holes".
  It also breaks Galeon and Epiphany, and new versions of these have
  still not appeared.  In light of this, I think it's time to remove
  these Gecko-based browsers.  The future is going to be Firefox and
  Thunderbird anyway, and I don't believe Galeon and Epiphany can be
  compiled against Firefox's libraries.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+

[ Philip Langdale of the Galeon project was kind enough to write to tell
  me that Galeon can be compiled against Mozilla 1.7.3 if this option
  is used:  --with-mozilla-snapshot=1.7.2
  The point about Firefox remains though.  I don't intend to support the
  Mozilla suite, a number of browsers that depend on it, and Firefox and
  Thunderbird.  While these are all great projects the goal will be to
  choose the best one and go with it. ]


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Updated packages for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc...
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc...

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s...
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s...


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.0 packages:
b94d6165e6412ce17113d57b8f4fa326  mozilla-1.7.3-i486-1.tgz
25f1b0a8b66dc21cff2ca8107184a33c  mozilla-plugins-1.7.3-noarch-1.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
6e5a0460aa32b4d1014d068868cc616b  mozilla-1.7.3-i486-1.tgz
d930901e1ab613f492349833a15934ff  mozilla-plugins-1.7.3-noarch-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-1.7.3-i486-1.tgz mozilla-plugins-1.7.3-noarch-1.tgz


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