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Slackware alert SSA:2009-112-01 (mozilla)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-112-01)
Date:  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:55:12 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.1.10.0904221454550.21197@bob.slackware.com>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-112-01) New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix security issues. The updated packages may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/fir... Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.9-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-3.0.9. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/fir... (* 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 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.2 package: 5c20dadde7b5cfc7e6571d605f26c1b1 mozilla-firefox-3.0.9-i686-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 5c20dadde7b5cfc7e6571d605f26c1b1 mozilla-firefox-3.0.9-i686-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.0.9-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) iEYEARECAAYFAknvf90ACgkQakRjwEAQIjMs+gCffx9ia7KC4Eji/TY2Olp2BD0H +V4An1tsDm+5Y8fZFL4nwcpYcmfjUDl1 =d7MK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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