New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues.
The Firefox 3.0.16 package may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer.
More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox35.html
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz: Upgraded.
Upgraded to firefox-3.5.6.
This fixes some security issues.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox35.html
(* 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
directly 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 package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.2 package:
fd9cc343c59c9a80b846b131182e415e mozilla-firefox-3.0.16-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package:
51b91bbf8d021717337ee485e3c21a50 mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
5de900b73be18124824d5b856793040e mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
51b91bbf8d021717337ee485e3c21a50 mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1b14161dce3656bf09630615c911228e mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-3.5.6-i686-1.txz
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