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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : Mozilla/Firefox (SSA:2005-135-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18808

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and
-current to fix various security issues and bugs. See the Mozilla site for a complete list of the issues patched:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Mo zilla Also updated is Firefox in Slackware -current. New versions of the mozilla-plugins symlink creation package are also out for Slackware 10.0 and 10.1, and a new version of the jre-symlink package for Slackware -current.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7f20085f

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a4df784

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18808

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-135-01.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:jre-symlink, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla-firefox, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla-plugins, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2005

Reference Information

SSA: 2005-135-01