A mozilla-firefox security update is available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.
slackware-security: mozilla-firefox (SSA:2020-237-01)
[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox (SSA:2020-237-01)
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 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-68.12.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.12.0/releasenotes/
(* 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-68.12.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.12.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-78.2.0esr-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-78.2.0esr-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
cb80cc33842f7778111fe931f2dc6828 mozilla-firefox-68.12.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
e0833d4b537c24766014263b6b86dfe2 mozilla-firefox-68.12.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
a84d03b4c315a30a24ff59ea25eddc64 xap/mozilla-firefox-78.2.0esr-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7d9185c3e1d21a7cc414a5ba1fe89b8c xap/mozilla-firefox-78.2.0esr-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.12.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
