news 28 Posted June 17, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-167-01) 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/firefox30.html Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-3.0.11. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html (* 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/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.txz Updated package for Slackware64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.2 package: 2fab439b88cd9c4d8e2f47d77b98e711 mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 7d3709c12bcf6358a93e6c122170a476 mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: 3b565ae22d2eb97ada1b88e5626d8acb mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post