[SSA:2017-112-01] mozilla-firefox

Affected Packages 2

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

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
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