Pale Moon Version 27.8.2 Released with Security Updates

Pale Moon has been updated to version 27.8.2.  This is a security update which includes DiD* fixes.  Details from the Release Notes:

Changes/fixes:

• Privacy fix: prevented update checks for the default theme.
• Added a user-agent override for Dropbox to improve compatibility with their service.
• Fixed an issue with mouseover handling related to (CVE-2018-5103). DiD
• Disabled the Mac OSX Nano allocator. DiD
• Fixed (CVE-2018-5129) OOB Write.
• Updated the lz4 library to 1.8.0 to solve potential issues. DiD
• Fixed (CVE-2018-5137) Path traversal on chrome:// URLs
• Fixed several memory safety an synchronicity hazards.

DiD This means that the fix is "Defense-in-Depth": It is a fix that does not apply to a (potentially) actively exploitable vulnerability in Pale Moon, but prevents future vulnerabilities caused by the same code, e.g. when surrounding code changes, exposing the problem, or when new attack vectors are discovered.

 Minimum system Requirements (Windows):

• Windows Vista/Windows 7/8/10/Server 2008 or later
• Windows Platform Update (Vista/7) strongly recommended
  
• A processor with SSE2 instruction 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:  Pale Moon - x32 builds
• 64x:  Pale Moon - x64 builds

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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