Pale Moon 25.5.0 Released with Security Updates

Pale Moon has been updated to version 25.5 and includes numerous fixes/changes as well as security updates.


Security fixes:

• Fixes for miscellaneous memory safety hazards (relevant and applicable fixes from CVE-2015-2708 and CVE-2015-2709)
• DiD (defense-in-depth) fix to prevent potential overflows in CSS restyling
• Fix for updater hijacking (CVE-2015-2720)
• Fix to prevent potential disclosure of sensitive information in Android logs (CVE-2015-2714)
• Fix for a buffer overflow in the XML parser (CVE-2015-2716)
• Fix for a potentially exploitable crash in DNS handling

Fixes/changes:


A complete list of the fixes, changes and additions is available in the Release Notes. Some of the changes that may be of particular interest to users are as follows:

• Logjam fix: Refuse DHE keys with less than 1024 key bits
• Search plugin updates to re-enable Google suggestions and reduce tracking (Squarefractal)
• Added a preference for always preferring a certain dictionary language.
  To use this, create a new preference spellchecker.dictionary.override (string) and set it to your language code.
• Updated SQLite to version 3.8.10.1
  
• Changed the after-upgrade page loaded to the release notes instead of the home page (and hoping people actually do take a moment to read them, preventing unnecessary support requests).
• Reorganized the AppMenu (give equal ease for windowed and tabbed browsing, deprioritize Sync)

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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