* 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
* 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
* 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
* Enable VP9 video codec for users with fast machines
* Embedded YouTube videos now play with HTML5 video if Flash is
not installed
* View and search open tabs from your smartphone or another
computer in a sidebar
* Allow no-cache on back/forward navigations for https resources
security fixes:
* MFSA 2016-49/CVE-2016-2815/CVE-2016-2818
(boo#983638)
(bmo#1241896, bmo#1242798, bmo#1243466, bmo#1245743,
bmo#1264300, bmo#1271037, bmo#1234147, bmo#1256493,
bmo#1256739, bmo#1256968, bmo#1261230, bmo#1261752,
bmo#1263384, bmo#1264575, bmo#1265577, bmo#1267130,
bmo#1269729, bmo#1273202, bmo#1273701)
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:47.0 / rv:45.2)
* MFSA 2016-50/CVE-2016-2819 (boo#983655) (bmo#1270381)
Buffer overflow parsing HTML5 fragments
* MFSA 2016-51/CVE-2016-2821 (bsc#983653) (bmo#1271460)
Use-after-free deleting tables from a contenteditable document
* MFSA 2016-52/CVE-2016-2822 (boo#983652) (bmo#1273129)
Addressbar spoofing though the SELECT element
* MFSA 2016-53/CVE-2016-2824 (boo#983651) (bmo#1248580)
Out-of-bounds write with WebGL shader
* MFSA 2016-54/CVE-2016-2825 (boo#983649) (bmo#1193093)
Partial same-origin-policy through setting location.host
through data URI
* MFSA 2016-56/CVE-2016-2828 (boo#983646) (bmo#1223810)
Use-after-free when textures are used in WebGL operations
after recycle pool destruction
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=518
* Improved security of the JavaScript Just In Time (JIT) Compiler
* WebRTC fixes to improve performance and stability
* Added support for document.elementsFromPoint
* Added HKDF support for Web Crypto API
* requires NSPR 4.12 and NSS 3.22.3
* added patch to fix unchecked return value
mozilla-check_return.patch
* Gtk3 builds not supported at the moment
security fixes:
* MFSA 2016-39/CVE-2016-2804/CVE-2016-2806/CVE-2016-2807
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2016-40/CVE-2016-2809 (bmo#1212939)
Privilege escalation through file deletion by Maintenance Service updater
(Windows only)
* MFSA 2016-41/CVE-2016-2810 (bmo#1229681)
Content provider permission bypass allows malicious application
to access data (Android only)
* MFSA 2016-42/CVE-2016-2811/CVE-2016-2812 (bmo#1252330, bmo#1261776)
Use-after-free and buffer overflow in Service Workers
* MFSA 2016-43/CVE-2016-2813 (bmo#1197901, bmo#2714650)
Disclosure of user actions through JavaScript with motion and
orientation sensors (only affects mobile variants)
* MFSA 2016-44/CVE-2016-2814 (bmo#1254721)
Buffer overflow in libstagefright with CENC offsets
* MFSA 2016-45/CVE-2016-2816 (bmo#1223743)
CSP not applied to pages sent with multipart/x-mixed-replace
* MFSA 2016-46/CVE-2016-2817 (bmo#1227462)
Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions
* MFSA 2016-47/CVE-2016-2808 (bmo#1246061)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=500
