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Slackware: 2020-098-01 Critical: Mozilla-Firefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2020
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated mozilla-firefox packages for Slackware tackle serious security vulnerabilities along with detailed installation guidelines.
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-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/68.7.0/releasenotes/?redirect_source=mozilla-org https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-13/ https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6828 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6827 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6821 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6822 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6825 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update slackware software fix 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 14.2:
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: c567b1460a1cd42038a4441ae5fea231 mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 17a1b47c6654d0f355e392851d8854da mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: f0a5d220eab61b891878575a573bc271 xap/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: a4b76df826ce4d0981876c1c89d444ae xap/mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update slackware software fix mozilla-firefox

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.7.0esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

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