* Firefox Quantum
* Photon UI
* Unified address and search bar
* AMD VP9 hardware video decoder support
* Added support for Date/Time input
* stricter security sandbox blocking filesystem reading and
writing on Linux systems
* middle mouse paste in the content area no longer navigates to
URLs by default on Unix systems
MFSA 2017-24
* CVE-2017-7828 (bmo#1406750. bmo#1412252)
Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout
* CVE-2017-7830 (bmo#1408990)
Cross-origin URL information leak through Resource Timing API
* CVE-2017-7831 (bmo#1392026)
Information disclosure of exposed properties on JavaScript proxy
objects
* CVE-2017-7832 (bmo#1408782)
Domain spoofing through use of dotless 'i' character followed
by accent markers
* CVE-2017-7833 (bmo#1370497)
Domain spoofing with Arabic and Indic vowel marker characters
* CVE-2017-7834 (bmo#1358009)
data: URLs opened in new tabs bypass CSP protections
* CVE-2017-7835 (bmo#1402363)
Mixed content blocking incorrectly applies with redirects
* CVE-2017-7836 (bmo#1401339)
Pingsender dynamically loads libcurl on Linux and OS X
* CVE-2017-7837 (bmo#1325923)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=610
* Disable Form Autofill completely on user request (bmo#1404531)
* Fix for video-related crashes on Windows 7 (bmo#1409141)
* Correct detection for 64-bit GSSAPI authentication (bmo#1409275)
* Fix for shutdown crash (bmo#1404105)
- update to Firefox 56.0.1
* Block D3D11 when using Intel drivers on Windows 7 systems with
partial AVX support (bmo#1403353)
-> just to sync the version number
- enable stylo for TW (requires LLVM >= 3.9)
- queue KDE filepicker requests to avoid non-opening file dialogs
happening in certain situations (contributed by Ignaz Forster)
- the placeholder dot in KDE file dialog in case of empty filenames
was removed, apparently not required (anymore)
(contributed by Ignaz Forster)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=609
* Fix an issue with addons when using a path containing non-ascii
characters (bmo#1389160)
* Fix file uploads to some websites, including YouTube (bmo#1383518)
- fix Google API key build integration
- add mozilla-ucontext.patch to fix Tumbleweed build
- do not enable XINPUT2 for now (boo#1053959)
- update to Firefox 55.0.1
* Fix a regression the tab restoration process (bmo#1388160)
* Fix a problem causing What's new pages not to be displayed (bmo#1386224)
* Fix a rendering issue with some PKCS#11 libraries (bmo#1388370)
* Disable the predictor prefetch (bmo#1388160)
- update to Firefox 55.0 (boo#1052829)
* Browsing sessions with a high number of tabs are now restored
in an instant
* Sidebar (bookmarks, history, synced tabs) can now be moved to
the right edge of the window
* Fine-tune your browser performance from the Preferences/Options page.
* Make screenshots of webpages, and save them locally or upload
them to the cloud. This feature will undergo A/B testing and
will not be visible for some users.
* Added Belarusian (be) locale
* Simplify print jobs from within print preview
* Use virtual reality devices with the web with the introduction
of WebVR
* Search suggestions are now enabled by default for users who
haven't explicitly opted-out
* Search with any installed search engine directly from the
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=601
MFSA 2017-19
* CVE-2017-7798 (bmo#1371586, bmo#1372112)
XUL injection in the style editor in devtools
* CVE-2017-7800 (bmo#1374047)
Use-after-free in WebSockets during disconnection
* CVE-2017-7801 (bmo#1371259)
Use-after-free with marquee during window resizing
* CVE-2017-7784 (bmo#1376087)
Use-after-free with image observers
* CVE-2017-7802 (bmo#1378147)
Use-after-free resizing image elements
* CVE-2017-7785 (bmo#1356985)
Buffer overflow manipulating ARIA attributes in DOM
* CVE-2017-7786 (bmo#1365189)
Buffer overflow while painting non-displayable SVG
* CVE-2017-7753 (bmo#1353312)
Out-of-bounds read with cached style data and pseudo-elements#
* CVE-2017-7787 (bmo#1322896)
Same-origin policy bypass with iframes through page reloads
* CVE-2017-7807 (bmo#1376459)
Domain hijacking through AppCache fallback
* CVE-2017-7792 (bmo#1368652)
Buffer overflow viewing certificates with an extremely long OID
* CVE-2017-7804 (bmo#1372849)
Memory protection bypass through WindowsDllDetourPatcher
* CVE-2017-7791 (bmo#1365875)
Spoofing following page navigation with data: protocol and modal alerts
* CVE-2017-7782 (bmo#1344034)
WindowsDllDetourPatcher allocates memory without DEP protections
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=598
MFSA 2017-16
* CVE-2017-5472 (bmo#1365602)
Use-after-free using destroyed node when regenerating trees
* CVE-2017-7749 (bmo#1355039)
Use-after-free during docshell reloading
* CVE-2017-7750 (bmo#1356558)
Use-after-free with track elements
* CVE-2017-7751 (bmo#1363396)
Use-after-free with content viewer listeners
* CVE-2017-7752 (bmo#1359547)
Use-after-free with IME input
* CVE-2017-7754 (bmo#1357090)
Out-of-bounds read in WebGL with ImageInfo object
* CVE-2017-7755 (bmo#1361326)
Privilege escalation through Firefox Installer with same
directory DLL files (Windows only)
* CVE-2017-7756 (bmo#1366595)
Use-after-free and use-after-scope logging XHR header errors
* CVE-2017-7757 (bmo#1356824)
Use-after-free in IndexedDB
* CVE-2017-7778, CVE-2017-7778, CVE-2017-7771, CVE-2017-7772,
CVE-2017-7773, CVE-2017-7774, CVE-2017-7775, CVE-2017-7776,
CVE-2017-7777
Vulnerabilities in the Graphite 2 library
* CVE-2017-7758 (bmo#1368490)
Out-of-bounds read in Opus encoder
* CVE-2017-7760 (bmo#1348645)
File manipulation and privilege escalation via callback parameter
in Mozilla Windows Updater and Maintenance Service (Windows only)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=594
* Use Nirmala UI as fallback font for additional Indic languages (bmo#1342787)
* Fix loading tab icons on session restore (bmo#1338009)
* Fix a crash on startup on Linux (bmo#1345413)
* Fix new installs erroneously not prompting to change the default
browser setting (bmo#1343938)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=581
* requires NSS >= 3.28.3
* Pages containing insecure password fields now display a warning
directly within username and password fields.
* Windows 8 touch screen support for multiprocess Firefox
* Send and open a tab from one device to another with Sync
* Removed NPAPI support for plugins other than Flash. Silverlight,
Java, Acrobat and the like are no longer supported.
* Removed Battery Status API to reduce fingerprinting of users by
trackers
- removed obsolete patches
* mozilla-binutils-visibility.patch
* mozilla-check_return.patch
* mozilla-disable-skia-be.patch
* mozilla-skia-overflow.patch
* mozilla-skia-ppc-endianess.patch
- rebased patches
- enable rust usage for Tumbleweed
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=572
* requires NSPR >= 4.13.1, NSS >= 3.28.1
* Added support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) playback
* Added support for WebGL 2
* Added Georgian (ka) and Kabyle (kab) locales
* Support saving passwords for forms without 'submit' events
* Improved video performance for users without GPU acceleration
* Zoom indicator is shown in the URL bar if the zoom level is not
at default level
* View passwords from the prompt before saving them
* Remove Belarusian (be) locale
* Use Skia for content rendering (Linux)
* MFSA 2017-01
CVE-2017-5375: Excessive JIT code allocation allows bypass of
ASLR and DEP (bmo#1325200, boo#1021814)
CVE-2017-5376: Use-after-free in XSL (bmo#1311687, boo#1021817)
CVE-2017-5377: Memory corruption with transforms to create
gradients in Skia (bmo#1306883, boo#1021826)
CVE-2017-5378: Pointer and frame data leakage of Javascript objects
(bmo#1312001, bmo#1330769, boo#1021818)
CVE-2017-5379: Use-after-free in Web Animations
(bmo#1309198,boo#1021827)
CVE-2017-5380: Potential use-after-free during DOM manipulations
(bmo#1322107, boo#1021819)
CVE-2017-5390: Insecure communication methods in Developer Tools
JSON viewer (bmo#1297361, boo#1021820)
CVE-2017-5389: WebExtensions can install additional add-ons via
modified host requests (bmo#1308688, boo#1021828)
CVE-2017-5396: Use-after-free with Media Decoder
(bmo#1329403, boo#1021821)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=567
* requires NSS 3.26.2
new features
* Updates to keyboard shortcuts
Set a preference to have Ctrl+Tab cycle through tabs in recently
used order
View a page in Reader Mode by using Ctrl+Alt+R
* Added option to Find in page that allows users to limit search to
whole words only
* Added download protection for a large number of executable file
types on Windows, Mac and Linux
* Fixed rendering of dashed and dotted borders with rounded corners
(border-radius)
* Added a built-in Emoji set for operating systems without native
Emoji fonts (Windows 8.0 and lower and Linux)
* Blocked versions of libavcodec older than 54.35.1
* additional locale
security fixes:
* MFSA 2016-89
CVE-2016-5296: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE in rasterize_edges_1
(bmo#1292443)
CVE-2016-5292: URL parsing causes crash (bmo#1288482)
CVE-2016-5293: Write to arbitrary file with updater and moz
maintenance service using updater.log hardlink
(Windows only) (bmo#1246945)
CVE-2016-5294: Arbitrary target directory for result files of
update process (Windows only) (bmo#1246972)
CVE-2016-5297: Incorrect argument length checking in Javascript
(bmo#1303678)
CVE-2016-9064: Addons update must verify IDs match between
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=555
* Updated Firefox Login Manager to allow HTTPS pages to use saved
HTTP logins.
* Added features to Reader Mode that make it easier on the eyes and
the ears
* Improved video performance for users on systems that support
SSE3 without hardware acceleration
* Added context menu controls to HTML5 audio and video that let users
loops files or play files at 1.25x speed
* Improvements in about:memory reports for tracking font memory usage
security related
* MFSA 2016-85
CVE-2016-2827 (bmo#1289085) - Out-of-bounds read in
mozilla::net::IsValidReferrerPolicy
CVE-2016-5270 (bmo#1291016) - Heap-buffer-overflow in
nsCaseTransformTextRunFactory::TransformString
CVE-2016-5271 (bmo#1288946) - Out-of-bounds read in
PropertyProvider::GetSpacingInternal
CVE-2016-5272 (bmo#1297934) - Bad cast in nsImageGeometryMixin
CVE-2016-5273 (bmo#1280387) - crash in
mozilla::a11y::HyperTextAccessible::GetChildOffset
CVE-2016-5276 (bmo#1287721) - Heap-use-after-free in
mozilla::a11y::DocAccessible::ProcessInvalidationList
CVE-2016-5274 (bmo#1282076) - use-after-free in
nsFrameManager::CaptureFrameState
CVE-2016-5277 (bmo#1291665) - Heap-use-after-free in nsRefreshDriver::Tick
CVE-2016-5275 (bmo#1287316) - global-buffer-overflow in
mozilla::gfx::FilterSupport::ComputeSourceNeededRegions
CVE-2016-5278 (bmo#1294677) - Heap-buffer-overflow in
nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=548
