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The following updates has been released for Slackware Linux:

mozilla-firefox (SSA:2016-068-01)
samba (SSA:2016-068-02)



mozilla-firefox (SSA:2016-068-01)

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.7.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.7.0esr-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-firefox-38.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-45.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-45.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
21ba146b6e022da6eb5ad4ec600ad663 mozilla-firefox-38.7.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
516b2596764f3beb331019ae485a4724 mozilla-firefox-38.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
d42820529ba77f45684231d06ba9c64f xap/mozilla-firefox-45.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cd09325ec3da01da7329699fb0691406 xap/mozilla-firefox-45.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-38.7.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

samba (SSA:2016-068-02)

New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/samba-4.1.23-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs, and two security issues:
Incorrect ACL get/set allowed on symlink path (CVE-2015-7560).
Out-of-bounds read in internal DNS server (CVE-2016-0771).
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7560
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0771
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/samba-4.1.23-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/samba-4.1.23-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-4.3.6-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/samba-4.3.6-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
283cb2636dd815191a6830a7d2df253b samba-4.1.23-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
6dfd6cf806829e2949fd669f0e1ec209 samba-4.1.23-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
c49f34d0ece3b0c867d3ab64f0fa1eb1 n/samba-4.3.6-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1b3db192c34b7e12ea656ecc2042438b n/samba-4.3.6-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg samba-4.1.23-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Then, if Samba is running restart it:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart