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Slackware64-14.2 ChangeLog (2019-08-14)
Wed Aug 14 22:19:44 UTC 2019
Packages
Upgraded
- patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-68.0.2esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.0.2esr/releasenotes/
(* Security fix *)
Wed Aug 14 05:24:55 UTC 2019
Packages
Upgraded
- patches/packages/linux-4.4.189/*
These updates fix various bugs and many security issues, and include the
Spectre v1 SWAPGS mitigations.
Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages.
If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the correct
kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the bootloader.
If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to copy the
kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition.
For more information, see:
Fixed in 4.4.187:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13631
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18509
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14283
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10207
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14284
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13648
Fixed in 4.4.189:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20856
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1125
(* Security fix *)