New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.8.0/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-06/
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1546
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1547
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1548
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1549
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1550
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1551
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1552
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-1553
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 15.0 package:
02f08793a474ae14ee79dfe55a46f978 mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
ab30a974f11126bde6c390a51e8506f8 mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
67d3f23b17823a87b6130a3bcb746631 xap/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
98e662cff14e1b4885ebf83339c32f9f xap/mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 15.0 | i686 | mozilla-firefox | < 115.8.0esr | mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | 15.0 | x86_64 | mozilla-firefox | < 115.8.0esr | mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | current | i686 | mozilla-firefox | < 115.8.0esr | mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | mozilla-firefox | < 115.8.0esr | mozilla-firefox-115.8.0esr-x86_64-1.txz |