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Slackware: 2015-219-02 Critical: Mozilla NSS Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2015
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New mozilla-nss packages for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current fix security issues. Stay protected!
New mozilla-nss packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.19.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/nss/ (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical risk package update security fix Slackware software maintenance Mozilla NSS

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.0 package: 66c499621a85c11a6681315f633667f9 mozilla-nss-3.19.2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: bdcee4ec06cc16ee04594d9669f76483 mozilla-nss-3.19.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: b9a4f7c167e51c3b215b2e5b0a798736 mozilla-nss-3.19.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 9e279b82e88c9a2f1336f914604b6d06 mozilla-nss-3.19.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: e51a605620b8d129e84d45a682162f88 l/mozilla-nss-3.19.2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 6a4ecb276e5e115305f91dca757d0dae l/mozilla-nss-3.19.2-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical risk package update security fix Slackware software maintenance Mozilla NSS

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-nss-3.19.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz