[SSA:2006-107-01] 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#firefox1.5.0.2

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog

patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to firefox-1.5.0.2.
This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox
(* 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-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 10.2 package:
a92ac28e798d29bbd83f860688f6f078 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
71e9fd425b99589150d8d7ce6a3afeeb mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-i686-1.tgz