Slackware Security Advisory - New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
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[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2016-336-01)
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2,
and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9079
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 https://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0.2-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0.2-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
853db455bd60f93b82475f5f2700af79 mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
44f72499e02ad701f047ea8d27803927 mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
af1f939c2ead4de1478cae79b2297baf mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
1eb46bdcabe75688cd6856bde1a5de27 mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
5f5195148ac5e0bf4d028a67a22e754b xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0.2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f474a2f0242a75e5f368c1698c6b9f16 xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0.2-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-45.5.1esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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