Slackware 1129 Published by

A mozilla-firefox security update has been released for Slackware 14.2 and current.



slackware-security: mozilla-firefox (SSA:2020-098-01)

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:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.7.0/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-13/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6828
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6827
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6821
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6822
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6825
(* 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-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
c567b1460a1cd42038a4441ae5fea231 mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
17a1b47c6654d0f355e392851d8854da mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
f0a5d220eab61b891878575a573bc271 xap/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a4b76df826ce4d0981876c1c89d444ae xap/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz