New Firefox and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. In addition, a new Seamonkey package is available for Slackware -current to fix similar issues.



More details about the issues may be found here:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#thunderbird
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#seamonkey


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to firefox-1.5.0.4.
This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to thunderbird-1.5.0.4.
This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#thunderbird
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 packages for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/seamonkey-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.2 packages:
1667241a69911f4919016f9e6cb17097 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz
ffa2cad209260311bcbff709e77497e9 mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
887c9bcba15a5f5285157f0caf9c35e2 mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz
37ae894879612b0123b132e1ac4f2b42 mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz
22d654319fc13528a92f0efcdc2490fb seamonkey-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz mozilla-thunderbird-1.5.0.4-i686-1.tgz

And for Slackware -current:
# upgradepkg seamonkey-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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