Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 666
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 666

Slackware 14.1 and 14.2: SSA:2017-023-01 Urgent Firefox Security Fix

slackware
Calendar Grey January 24, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Slackware enthusiasts can now access updated Mozilla-Firefox packages, which tackle significant security vulnerabilities. Safeguard your system effectively.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-45.7.0esr-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 *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security fix software upgrade Slackware firefox update

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:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.1 package: f73a1e0ae523ebdbd67170f681179c35 mozilla-firefox-45.7.0esr-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 4780e7c4c78f542b84503ed8e0ff418d mozilla-firefox-45.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: d6d245c977afd7c3515e9ca71f31860c mozilla-firefox-45.7.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 22e986df007150a8108630e15c578f6c mozilla-firefox-45.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: c4c8b43c339c076151659ec76fd3a4d1 xap/mozilla-firefox-51.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9b8241e55c97f0359cef94ee311d5557 xap/mozilla-firefox-51.0-x86_64-1.txz

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security fix software upgrade Slackware firefox update

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-45.7.0esr-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Related News

Your message here