Slackware 1077 Published by

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-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-45.5.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-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-45.5.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
6b8691d0d493ea4279452badf7482665 mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
c80466b09d6311e17fb6c5a524ddf2ef mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
18b29453560670c78143758eb44019b8 mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
c3493944e42ffc2ecdd23d2dd3364586 mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
ef17b8b85aa4cd2403c486cbdfaab972 xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1c22e8e0a64bfe31529caaec54c965bb xap/mozilla-firefox-50.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-45.5.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

  Mozilla-firefox (SSA:2016-323-01) Update for Slackware