* Added a policy engine that allows customized Firefox deployments
in enterprise environments, using Windows Group Policy or a
cross-platform JSON file
* Applied Quantum CSS to render browser UI
* Added support for Web Authentication, allowing the use of USB
tokens for authentication to web sites
* Locale added: Occitan (oc)
- removed obsolete patches
0001-Bug-1435695-WebRTC-fails-to-build-with-GCC-8-r-dmino.patch
- requires NSPR 4.19 and NSS 3.36.1
- requires rust 1.24 or higher
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=655
* 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
* 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
* requires NSPR 4.12 / NSS 3.21.1
* Instant browser tab sharing through Hello
* Synced Tabs button in button bar
* Tabs synced via Firefox Accounts from other devices are now shown
in dropdown area of Awesome Bar when searching
* Introduce a new preference (network.dns.blockDotOnion) to allow
blocking .onion at the DNS level
* Tab Groups (Panorama) feature removed
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=490
* Improved API support for m4v video playback
* Users can opt-in to receive search suggestions from the Awesome Bar
* WebRTC streaming on multiple monitors
* User selectable second block list for Private Browsing's Tracking
Protection
security fixes:
* MFSA 2015-134/CVE-2015-7201/CVE-2015-7202
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2015-135/CVE-2015-7204 (bmo#1216130)
Crash with JavaScript variable assignment with unboxed objects
* MFSA 2015-136/CVE-2015-7207 (bmo#1185256)
Same-origin policy violation using perfomance.getEntries and
history navigation
* MFSA 2015-137/CVE-2015-7208 (bmo#1191423)
Firefox allows for control characters to be set in cookies
* MFSA 2015-138/CVE-2015-7210 (bmo#1218326)
Use-after-free in WebRTC when datachannel is used after being
destroyed
* MFSA 2015-139/CVE-2015-7212 (bmo#1222809)
Integer overflow allocating extremely large textures
* MFSA 2015-140/CVE-2015-7215 (bmo#1160890)
Cross-origin information leak through web workers error events
* MFSA 2015-141/CVE-2015-7211 (bmo#1221444)
Hash in data URI is incorrectly parsed
* MFSA 2015-142/CVE-2015-7218/CVE-2015-7219 (bmo#1194818, bmo#1194820)
DOS due to malformed frames in HTTP/2
* MFSA 2015-143/CVE-2015-7216/CVE-2015-7217 (bmo#1197059, bmo#1203078)
Linux file chooser crashes on malformed images due to flaws in
Jasper library
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=473
* Private Browsing with Tracking Protection blocks certain Web
elements that could be used to record your behavior across sites
* Control Center that contains site security and privacy controls
* Login Manager improvements
* WebRTC improvements
* Indicator added to tabs that play audio with one-click muting
* Media Source Extension for HTML5 video available for all sites
- requires NSPR 4.10.10 and NSS 3.19.4
- removed obsolete patches
* mozilla-arm-disable-edsp.patch
* mozilla-icu-strncat.patch
* mozilla-skia-be-le.patch
* toolkit-download-folder.patch
- fixed build with enable-libproxy (bmo#1220399)
* mozilla-libproxy.patch
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=467
* Added protection against unwanted software downloads
* Suggested Tiles show sites of interest, based on categories
from your recent browsing history
* Hello allows adding a link to conversations to provide context
on what the conversation will be about
* New style for add-on manager based on the in-content
preferences style
* Improved scrolling, graphics, and video playback performance
with off main thread compositing (GNU/Linux only)
* Graphic blocklist mechanism improved: Firefox version ranges
can be specified, limiting the number of devices blocked
security fixes:
* MFSA 2015-79/CVE-2015-4473/CVE-2015-4474
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2015-80/CVE-2015-4475 (bmo#1175396)
Out-of-bounds read with malformed MP3 file
* MFSA 2015-81/CVE-2015-4477 (bmo#1179484)
Use-after-free in MediaStream playback
* MFSA 2015-82/CVE-2015-4478 (bmo#1105914)
Redefinition of non-configurable JavaScript object properties
* MFSA 2015-83/CVE-2015-4479/CVE-2015-4480/CVE-2015-4493
Overflow issues in libstagefright
* MFSA 2015-84/CVE-2015-4481 (bmo1171518)
Arbitrary file overwriting through Mozilla Maintenance Service
with hard links (only affected Windows)
* MFSA 2015-85/CVE-2015-4482 (bmo#1184500)
Out-of-bounds write with Updater and malicious MAR file
(does not affect openSUSE RPM packages which do not ship the
updater)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=454
* mozilla-xremote-client was removed
* added libclearkey.so media plugin
* Pinned tiles on the new tab page can be synced
* Support for the full HTTP/2 protocol. HTTP/2 enables a faster,
more scalable, and more responsive web.
* Locale added: Uzbek (uz)
- rebased patches
- requires NSS 3.17.4
- update to Firefox 35.0.1
* With the Enhanced Steam extension, Firefox could crash (bmo#1123732)
* Kerberos authentication did not work with alias (bmo#1108971)
* SVG / CSS animation had a regression causing rendering issues on
websites like openstreemap.org (bmo#1083079)
* On Godaddy webmail, Firefox could crash (bmo#1113121)
* document.baseURI did not get updated to document.location after
base tag was removed from DOM for site with a CSP (bmo#1121857)
* With a Right-to-left (RTL) version of Firefox, the text selection
could be broken (bmo#1104036)
* CSP had a change in behavior with regard to case sensitivity
resources loading (bmo#1122445)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=422
notable features:
* Firefox Hello with new rooms-based conversations model
* Implemented HTTP Public Key Pinning Extension (for enhanced
authentication of encrypted connections)
- rebased patches
- dropped explicit support for everything older than 12.3
(including SLES11)
* merge firefox-kde.patch and firefox-kde-114.patch
* dropped mozilla-sle11.patch
- reworked specfile to build conditionally based on release channel
either Firefox or Firefox Developer Edition
- added mozilla-openaes-decl.patch to fix implicit declarations
- obsolete tracker-miner-firefox < 0.15 because it leads to startup
crashes (bnc#908892)
- rebased patches
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=419
* just a version bump for our builds
* fixed the in application update process for certain environments
(in application update is not enabled in openSUSE and Linux
is unaffected in any case)
- build with --disable-optimize for 13.1 and above for i586 to
workaround miscompilations (bnc#896624)
- update to Firefox 32.0.1
* fixed stability issues for computers with multiple graphics cards
* mixed content icon may be incorrectly displayed instead of lock
icon for SSL sites in 32.0 (
* WebRTC: setRemoteDescription() silently fails if no success
callback is specified (bmo#1063971)
- update to Firefox 32.0 (bnc#894370)
* MFSA 2014-67/CVE-2014-1553/CVE-2014-1554/CVE-2014-1562
- rebased patches
- requires NSS 3.16.4
- removed upstreamed patch
* mozilla-aarch64-bmo-810631.patch
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=396
* MFSA 2014-15/CVE-2014-1493/CVE-2014-1494
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2014-17/CVE-2014-1497 (bmo#966311)
Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding
* MFSA 2014-18/CVE-2014-1498 (bmo#935618)
crypto.generateCRMFRequest does not validate type of key
* MFSA 2014-19/CVE-2014-1499 (bmo#961512)
Spoofing attack on WebRTC permission prompt
* MFSA 2014-20/CVE-2014-1500 (bmo#956524)
onbeforeunload and Javascript navigation DOS
* MFSA 2014-22/CVE-2014-1502 (bmo#972622)
WebGL content injection from one domain to rendering in another
* MFSA 2014-23/CVE-2014-1504 (bmo#911547)
Content Security Policy for data: documents not preserved by
session restore
* MFSA 2014-26/CVE-2014-1508 (bmo#963198)
Information disclosure through polygon rendering in MathML
* MFSA 2014-27/CVE-2014-1509 (bmo#966021)
Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering
* MFSA 2014-28/CVE-2014-1505 (bmo#941887)
SVG filters information disclosure through feDisplacementMap
* MFSA 2014-29/CVE-2014-1510/CVE-2014-1511 (bmo#982906, bmo#982909)
Privilege escalation using WebIDL-implemented APIs
* MFSA 2014-30/CVE-2014-1512 (bmo#982957)
Use-after-free in TypeObject
* MFSA 2014-31/CVE-2014-1513 (bmo#982974)
Out-of-bounds read/write through neutering ArrayBuffer objects
* MFSA 2014-32/CVE-2014-1514 (bmo#983344)
Out-of-bounds write through TypedArrayObject after neutering
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=370
* MFSA 2013-63/CVE-2013-1701/CVE-2013-1702
Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2013-64/CVE-2013-1704 (bmo#883313)
Use after free mutating DOM during SetBody
* MFSA 2013-65/CVE-2013-1705 (bmo#882865)
Buffer underflow when generating CRMF requests
* MFSA 2013-67/CVE-2013-1708 (bmo#879924)
Crash during WAV audio file decoding
* MFSA 2013-68/CVE-2013-1709 (bmo#838253)
Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading
* MFSA 2013-69/CVE-2013-1710 (bmo#871368)
CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks
* MFSA 2013-70/CVE-2013-1711 (bmo#843829)
Bypass of XrayWrappers using XBL Scopes
* MFSA 2013-72/CVE-2013-1713 (bmo#887098)
Wrong principal used for validating URI for some Javascript
components
* MFSA 2013-73/CVE-2013-1714 (bmo#879787)
Same-origin bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest
* MFSA 2013-75/CVE-2013-1717 (bmo#406541, bmo#738397)
Local Java applets may read contents of local file system
- requires NSPR 4.10 and NSS 3.15
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/mozilla:Factory/MozillaFirefox?expand=0&rev=345
