[SSA:2017-112-01] mozilla-firefox
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 to
fix security and stability issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.9.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
Also, switching back to the 45.x ESR branch due to instabilty of the
52.x ESR branch on Slackware 14.1.
For more information, see:
https://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-45.9.0esr-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-45.9.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
MD5 signatures
Slackware 14.1 package:
bb6fa12ed1db62a4f955bbdd9379d75b mozilla-firefox-45.9.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
f143db31cf3401d7642da613ae2969bf mozilla-firefox-45.9.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Installation instructions
Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-45.9.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Package | Affected Version |
---|---|
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-14.1 | < 45.9.0esr |
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i486&distro=slackware-14.1 | < 45.9.0esr |
- ID
- SSA:2017-112-01
- URL
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2017&m=slackware-security.320508
- Published
-
2017-04-22T16:42:23
(7 years ago) - Modified
-
2017-04-22T16:42:23
(7 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=slackware64-14.1 | slackware | mozilla-firefox | < 45.9.0esr | slackware64-14.1 | x86_64 | |
Affected | pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i486&distro=slackware-14.1 | slackware | mozilla-firefox | < 45.9.0esr | slackware-14.1 | i486 |