New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:Mozilla-firefox (SSA:2017-271-01) Update for Slackware
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-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
(* 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
(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 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-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-52.4.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
d08edef30940704178f368ddbe2ab0d0 mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
f8f23fa85f7b9e671fd62fb00257f730 mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
bf85d1f313641a7162f646981ea8cdcc xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9dc979f12e041d4fae4224b4d4cf51dd xap/mozilla-firefox-56.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-52.4.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz