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New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue.



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-52.7.2esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-08/
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-52.7.2esr-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-52.7.2esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-59.0.1-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-59.0.1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
f89dcb4f24f8e52ecc52b34655b5b993 mozilla-firefox-52.7.2esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
d57036d460dc8e949ba84a576937f8b2 mozilla-firefox-52.7.2esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
1ed4571d000806ee99be545cc64b3d0d xap/mozilla-firefox-59.0.1-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
6641969cf4db5d83aba80cf3ca4447a1 xap/mozilla-firefox-59.0.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-52.7.2esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
  Mozilla-firefox Security Updates (SSA:2018-075-01) for Slackware Linux