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Slackware alert SSA:2008-191-01 (firefox)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2008-191-01)
Date:  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:28:35 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.63.0807092128100.15523@bob.slackware.com>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2008-191-01) New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and 12.1 to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla site: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabil... Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.15-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-2.0.0.15. This release closes several possible security vulnerabilities and bugs. For more information, see: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabil... (* 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 directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patc... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.2 package: c40f3e45eccdfad760101bbb2bf92961 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.15-i686-1.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: c40f3e45eccdfad760101bbb2bf92961 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.15-i686-1.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: c40f3e45eccdfad760101bbb2bf92961 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.15-i686-1.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: c40f3e45eccdfad760101bbb2bf92961 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.15-i686-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.15-i686-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh1bXwACgkQakRjwEAQIjN/rgCgjgMIbk/9mwd4JYjAoGPLd57K uScAn03PVoZzeHm8jMim+6TT+kjoyMEY =ggY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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