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[slackware-security]  mozilla-firefox (SSA:2020-094-01)

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz:  Upgraded.
  This release contains critical security fixes and improvements.
  "Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race
  condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in
  the wild abusing this flaw."
  "Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, a race
 condition
  can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild
  abusing this flaw."
  For more information, see:
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.6.1/releasenotes/
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6819
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6820
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 14.2:
mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
8b2eb341ce310660bd7776be0e941779 
 mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
a2664ad8d32a5c26f1cd19fe3dab5e49 
 mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
0be47fd6ac6cb7a92958ee263489f6e9  xap/mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
781e4b6619da74250fc8d951ef49223e  xap/mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mozilla-firefox-68.6.1esr-i686-1_slack14.2.txz


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