[SSA:2020-009-01] mozilla-firefox

Affected Packages 4

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog
```
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes a critial security issue:
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-03: Incorrect alias information
in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type
confusion. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-03/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.4.1/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html

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.

MD5 signatures

Slackware 14.2 package:
42bc8620e8198534049346b7f32d82bb mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
5ea87b7096989b8d7e504c94433d70c9 mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
085d4e56e0bfaec30dacf432af505dda xap/mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
283e5f4f41cfbd43ec6e849700802708 xap/mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Package	Affected Version
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-current	< 68.4.1esr
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-14.2	< 68.4.1esr
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-current	< 68.4.1esr
pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-14.2	< 68.4.1esr

ID: SSA:2020-009-01
URL: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2020&m=slackware-security.382052
Published: 2020-01-09T08:03:08
(4 years ago)
Modified: 2020-01-09T08:03:08
(4 years ago)
Rights: Slackware Linux Security Team

Type	Package URL	Namespace	Name / Product	Version	Distribution / Platform	Arch
Affected	pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-current	slackware	mozilla-firefox	< 68.4.1esr	slackware64-current	x86_64
Affected	pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=x86_64&distro=slackware64-14.2	slackware	mozilla-firefox	< 68.4.1esr	slackware64-14.2	x86_64
Affected	pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-current	slackware	mozilla-firefox	< 68.4.1esr	slackware-current	i686
Affected	pkg:slackbuild/slackware/mozilla-firefox?arch=i686&distro=slackware-14.2	slackware	mozilla-firefox	< 68.4.1esr	slackware-14.2	i686