A mozilla-nss security update has been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current.
slackware-security: mozilla-nss (SSA:2023-006-01)
[slackware-security] mozilla-nss (SSA:2023-006-01)
New mozilla-nss 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-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed memory corruption in NSS via DER-encoded DSA and RSA-PSS signatures.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-51/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43527
(* 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-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
df3b670e05e6eb7ef41cd052384fa382 mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6916d1ca5b54b3d9c97a3aed5ec74ae4 mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
3bbd3a3aee4243100999683edc318284 l/mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5fd7805da8f6d0d486c66c4f00ab7a21 l/mozilla-nss-3.87-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-nss-3.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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