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Slackware alert SSA:2009-351-01 (firefox)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-351-01)
Date:  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:29:57 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.1.10.1001051429120.23930@bob.slackware.com>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

Please pardon the delay on this one. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-351-01) New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. The Firefox 3.0.16 package 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... http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/fir... Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to firefox-3.5.6. 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 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.2 package: fd9cc343c59c9a80b846b131182e415e mozilla-firefox-3.0.16-i686-1.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: 51b91bbf8d021717337ee485e3c21a50 mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 5de900b73be18124824d5b856793040e mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware -current package: 51b91bbf8d021717337ee485e3c21a50 mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 1b14161dce3656bf09630615c911228e mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz +-----+ 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) iEYEARECAAYFAksqoUsACgkQakRjwEAQIjPbpQCfdYNQEMqynWnxP+renY6bsRw3 /coAoJOGDHA75U8MsPehCkV+M6KtvKe2 =RsXe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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