Pale Moon Moon Update To Address pwn2own Contest Vulnerability

Pale Moon has been updated to version 25.3.1 to address a critical vulnerability discovered in the HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest.  Only one vulnerability discovered applied to Pale Moon.

From the Release Notes:


Security fix:

• Fixed security vulnerability CVE-2015-0818. This vulnerability would allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via vectors involving SVG hash navigation.

Additional Fix:

• Fixed IPv6 DNS resolution regression in some less common cases.

Minimum system Requirements (Windows):

• Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Server 2008 or later
• A processor with SSE2 support
  
• 256 MB of free RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
  
• At least 150 MB of free (uncompressed) disk space

Pale Moon includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows:

• 32x:  Download the Pale Moon browser
• 64x:  Pale Moon - x64 builds

Other versions:

• PM4XP (Pale Moon for XP):  A rebuild by Matt Tobin:  http://binaryoutcast.com/software/projects/pm4xp/
• Linux version: Available from http://www.palemoon.org/contributed-builds.shtml

Update

To get the update now, select "Help" from the Pale Moon menu at the upper left of the browser window.  Select About Pale Moon > Check for Updates.

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