New mozilla-nss packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:Mozilla-nss (SSA:2018-337-01) Update for Slackware
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patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Upgraded to nss-3.40.1 and nspr-4.20.
Mitigate cache side-channel variant of the Bleichenbacher attack.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12404
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.23-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.23-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-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-nss-3.40.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-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-nss-3.40.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
477aad77295cdad06550ec789db125ed mozilla-nss-3.23-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
da2b0d54d5bab3d60766691fefbfe59e mozilla-nss-3.23-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
2b87e41ebe92bb411f9ba6c7b3dc90a3 mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
97f5628b15deea966d2e3a53cbf63e41 mozilla-nss-3.40.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
6d3340c45970475bc3aa8329f82c8f1c mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
0b07bd47fca120a143111804aa70bdd3 mozilla-nss-3.40.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
3b130c0c68b8283c5e243a5a23cfa368 l/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7191a0d1e6d618e89a0e5014bde3f29e l/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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