[SSA:2005-269-01] Mozilla/Firefox
New Mozilla and Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1,
10.2, and -current to fix security issues:
MFSA 2005-59 Command-line handling on Linux allows shell execution
MFSA 2005-58 Firefox 1.0.7 / Mozilla Suite 1.7.12 Vulnerability Fixes
MFSA 2005-57 IDN heap overrun using soft-hyphens
More details about these issues may be found on the Mozilla web site:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mozilla
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Firefox
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog
patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mozilla-1.7.12.
This fixes several security issues. For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mozilla
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-1.0.7.
This fixes several security issues. For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Firefox
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages
Updated packages for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.12-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.12-noarch-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz
MD5 signatures
Slackware 10.0 packages:
8bbca8c241348f2060cb5c71ef7d3a8b mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
63c32db43b1e3ccecfabe97f32318979 mozilla-plugins-1.7.12-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 packages:
3833d18232b62f2d7d0b78d8fea10249 mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
998fbcc346e13ae8570a0ad83184ff7f mozilla-plugins-1.7.12-noarch-1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 packages:
8fb3f0d476d75223144bfd178de25ca5 mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
af968dc3ce8c64a63f7327c47584a95b mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current packages:
8fb3f0d476d75223144bfd178de25ca5 mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
af968dc3ce8c64a63f7327c47584a95b mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz
Installation instructions
Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz mozilla-plugins-1.7.12-noarch-1.tgz
Or, for 10.2 and -current:
# upgradepkg mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz mozilla-firefox-1.0.7-i686-1.tgz
- ID
- SSA:2005-269-01
- URL
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.479350
- Published
-
2005-09-26T17:42:41
(19 years ago) - Modified
-
2005-09-26T17:42:41
(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
|
< 1.7.12 | slackware-current | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla?arch=i486&distro=slackware-10.2 | slackware |
mozilla
|
< 1.7.12 | slackware-10.2 | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla?arch=i486&distro=slackware-10.1 | slackware |
mozilla
|
< 1.7.12 | slackware-10.1 | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla?arch=i486&distro=slackware-10.0 | slackware |
mozilla
|
< 1.7.12 | slackware-10.0 | i486 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-plugins?arch=noarch&distro=slackware-10.1 | slackware |
mozilla-plugins
|
< 1.7.12 | slackware-10.1 | noarch | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-plugins?arch=noarch&distro=slackware-10.0 | slackware |
mozilla-plugins
|
< 1.7.12 | slackware-10.0 | noarch | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-current | slackware |
mozilla-firefox
|
< 1.0.7 | slackware-current | i686 | |
| Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-10.2 | slackware |
mozilla-firefox
|
< 1.0.7 | slackware-10.2 | i686 |