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Slackware Versions 14.1 and 14.2: Critical Mozilla Firefox Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2016
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Updated Mozilla Firefox versions are now accessible for Slackware 14.1 and 14.2 to address urgent security vulnerabilities promptly.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and 14.2 to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.3.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/ (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update security fix Slackware Mozilla Firefox

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 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.1 package: f9230ee9a64564c573b9abc3922f8ef1 mozilla-firefox-45.3.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 4fd8c540e971bfb453f14623602b7bdc mozilla-firefox-45.3.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 75049990bb42b5c50f68471dfc0118fb mozilla-firefox-45.3.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: ccf48ad14f4bf3d8f1ce03b46fdb987f mozilla-firefox-45.3.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

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security advisory critical software update security fix Slackware Mozilla Firefox

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-45.3.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz