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Slackware: 2019-226-02 Critical: Firefox Security Patch Released

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2019
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated Mozilla Firefox packages can now be accessed for Slackware 14.2 to address critical vulnerabilities found in the latest versions.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_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/ https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/68.0.2esr/releasenotes/?redirect_source=mozilla-org (* Security fix *)

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 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.2 package: cf25d455083181a7739bf90b5bac6153 mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: ed6879b97c71e456532bbf65c970f98e mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: 0f17302df3f144204af4c149191db52a xap/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 45f81eafab2c4f6d37fb21005676a9d0 xap/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

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