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[slackware-security]  mozilla-firefox (SSA:2013-180-01)

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


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack14.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This release contains security fixes and improvements.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
  (* Security fix *)
  We had to switch to ESR here as well, as there's a problem running Firefox
  22.0 on Slackware 14.0 under KDE (crash when oxygen-gtk2 is installed).
  Forcing people to uninstall oxygen-gtk2 isn't really an option for a
  security fix, and upgrading to the latest oxygen-gtk2 did not help.
  It's possible that future Firefox/Thunderbird security updates will always
  come from the ESR branch.
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:

Updated package for Slackware -current:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.37 package:
2453466751fbe451a2d505f704b5b0d9  mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
9e39f1c1e47363888857f66f522d2921  mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
5b09800a7faf4c5d80f0c65fda84dbd4  mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
ba4c2259a0c243354d1a8ce4d50f1b82  mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
f0f8f56a001d7c07cb375743cbda82f9  xap/mozilla-firefox-22.0-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a1725b5263e91cbd92a2dc4e63f2a660  xap/mozilla-firefox-22.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack14.0.txz


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Slackware: 2013-180-01: mozilla-firefox Security Update

June 30, 2013
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/ (* Security fix *) We had to switch to ESR here as well, as there's a problem running Firefox 22.0 on Slackware 14.0 under KDE (crash when oxygen-gtk2 is installed). Forcing people to uninstall oxygen-gtk2 isn't really an option for a security fix, and upgrading to the latest oxygen-gtk2 did not help. It's possible that future Firefox/Thunderbird security updates will always come from the ESR branch.

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.37 package: 2453466751fbe451a2d505f704b5b0d9 mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 9e39f1c1e47363888857f66f522d2921 mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 5b09800a7faf4c5d80f0c65fda84dbd4 mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: ba4c2259a0c243354d1a8ce4d50f1b82 mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: f0f8f56a001d7c07cb375743cbda82f9 xap/mozilla-firefox-22.0-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: a1725b5263e91cbd92a2dc4e63f2a660 xap/mozilla-firefox-22.0-x86_64-1.txz

Severity
[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2013-180-01)
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues.

Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-17.0.7esr-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

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