[SSA:2006-045-02] firefox

New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to
fix security issues.

More details about the issues may be found here:

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox1.5.0.1

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog

patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to
firefox-1.5.0.1. This fixes a DoS issue and some other security bugs.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox1.5.0.1
(* Security fix *)


Where to find the new packages

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 10.2 package:
2e825f0d711bcd2bb515902de9bc1e98 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
2e825f0d711bcd2bb515902de9bc1e98 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz