[SSA:2016-042-01] mozilla-firefox

Affected Packages 4

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog

patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.6.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.6.1esr-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-38.6.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 14.1 package:
c8925064e7460ebaa82a39fec4d2bd59 mozilla-firefox-38.6.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
f854c45a92536075562c0729103fbd66 mozilla-firefox-38.6.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
4a764983ade6942b0d7ed1a6fd38fd0c xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0dbfe4b90d4757e195cae4a291f97085 xap/mozilla-firefox-44.0.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-38.6.1esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

ID
SSA:2016-042-01
URL
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.355940
Published
2016-02-11T22:03:26
(8 years ago)
Modified
2016-02-11T22:03:26
(8 years ago)
Rights
Slackware Linux Security Team
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-current slackware mozilla-firefox < 44.0.2 slackware64-current x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-14.1 slackware mozilla-firefox < 38.6.1esr slackware64-14.1 x86_64
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i586&distro=slackware-current slackware mozilla-firefox < 44.0.2 slackware-current i586
Affected pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i486&distro=slackware-14.1 slackware mozilla-firefox < 38.6.1esr slackware-14.1 i486
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