[SSA:2012-285-01] mozilla-firefox

Affected Packages 6

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0,
and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog

patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security vulnerability that could allow a malicious
site to potentially determine which websites users have visited and have
access to the URL or URL parameters.
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 13.37 package:
5fa123d865c33cf294be0c5da21ac588 mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
857b084677b01c56ddefa122dd64f083 mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
5735b7d5eaffefd33624a99254a71cd7 mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
8ee6e9763f4b295610e8dcb55b74812a mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
c6ad2f1601006d9d94da832b8f3181c9 xap/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f954eca54900426d914d1f043e45ca0a xap/mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-16.0.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

ID
SSA:2012-285-01
URL
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2012&m=slackware-security.401393
Published
2012-10-11T23:53:54
(12 years ago)
Modified
2012-10-11T23:53:54
(12 years ago)
Rights
Slackware Linux Security Team
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-current slackware mozilla-firefox < 16.0.1 slackware64-current x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-14.0 slackware mozilla-firefox < 16.0.1 slackware64-14.0 x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-13.37 slackware mozilla-firefox < 16.0.1 slackware64-13.37 x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i486&distro=slackware-current slackware mozilla-firefox < 16.0.1 slackware-current i486
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i486&distro=slackware-14.0 slackware mozilla-firefox < 16.0.1 slackware-14.0 i486
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i486&distro=slackware-13.37 slackware mozilla-firefox < 16.0.1 slackware-13.37 i486
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