[SSA:2005-111-04] Mozilla/Firefox
New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current
to fix various security issues and bugs. See the Mozilla site for a complete
list of the issues patched:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mozilla
Also updated is Firefox in Slackware -current.
New versions of the mozilla-plugins symlink creation package are also out for
Slackware 10.0 and 10.1, and a new version of the jre-symlink package for
Slackware -current.
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog
patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mozilla-1.7.7.
This fixes some security issues. For complete details, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.7-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded Java(TM)
symlink for Mozilla.
Where to find the new packages
Updated packages for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.7-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.7-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/jre-symlink-1.0.3-noarch-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-1.0.3-i686-1.tgz
MD5 signatures
Slackware 10.0 packages:
ce858e8818a5446f77a65eb3596f169e mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz
273a55ae2b6549a708d373ce41d22dcc mozilla-plugins-1.7.7-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 packages:
88067d3dd9b05424993eeecf4ec439dd mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz
f1f2d581553911f219ee985a93b10b62 mozilla-plugins-1.7.7-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware -current packages:
200c44ab49c175cd45366e0faaf0979f jre-symlink-1.0.3-noarch-1.tgz
39b5dd6559802159cc6d8bbf6bdecbdc mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz
10abe6ae734d8ccaa2c77946df794b21 mozilla-firefox-1.0.3-i686-1.tgz
Installation instructions
Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-1.7.7-i486-1.tgz mozilla-plugins-1.7.7-noarch-1.tgz
- ID
- SSA:2005-111-04
- URL
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.435897
- Published
-
2005-04-22T05:28:18
(19 years ago) - Modified
-
2005-04-22T05:28:18
(19 years ago) - Rights
- Slackware Linux Security Team
| Type | Package URL | Namespace | Name / Product | Version | Distribution / Platform | Arch | Patch / Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla?arch=i486&distro=slackware-current | slackware |
 mozilla
|
< 1.7.7 | slackware-current | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla?arch=i486&distro=slackware-10.1 | slackware |
mozilla
|
< 1.7.7 | slackware-10.1 | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla?arch=i486&distro=slackware-10.0 | slackware |
mozilla
|
< 1.7.7 | slackware-10.0 | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-plugins?arch=noarch&distro=slackware-10.1 | slackware |
mozilla-plugins
|
< 1.7.7 | slackware-10.1 | noarch | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-plugins?arch=noarch&distro=slackware-10.0 | slackware |
mozilla-plugins
|
< 1.7.7 | slackware-10.0 | noarch | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-current | slackware |
mozilla-firefox
|
< 1.0.3 | slackware-current | i686 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/jre-symlink?arch=noarch&distro=slackware-current | slackware |
jre-symlink
|
< 1.0.3 | slackware-current | noarch |