mozilla-firefox (SSA:2024-083-01)
mozilla-firefox (SSA:2024-083-01)
mozilla-firefox (SSA:2024-083-01)
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a critical security issue:
An attacker was able to inject an event handler into a privileged object
that would allow arbitrary JavaScript execution in the parent process.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.9.1esr/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-16/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29944
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
99c90f4ea4e3ed0fd8ba2ef14c0d8a83 mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
44a7a466cdfff46a159fb5a0e2519f7c mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
b7633f0ba237545172c1854369502dce xap/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5ac5ad1d77f88975c6f0ea787865123c xap/mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
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