Pale Moon Version 28.13.0 Released With Security Updates

Pale Moon has been updated to version 28.13.0. The update is a compatibility, bugfix and security update.  Linux versions will follow shortly.

Note: Included in the updates are DiD* patches.

*DiD stands for "Defense-in-Depth" and is a fix that does not apply to an actively exploitable vulnerability in Pale Moon but prevents future vulnerabilities caused by the same code when surrounding code changes, exposing the problem.

From the Release Notes:

Changes/fixes:

• Updated the included site-specific user-agent overrides for a number of websites that need them.
• Rewritten the browser's padlock code to use more modern APIs and provide more accurate security status indication.
  Now also with localized tooltips!
  
• Fixed a missing close button on the undo prompt after removing a thumbnail from the QuickDial new tab page.
  
• Fixed an issue with the alternative stylesheet menu in the browser's UI not working.
• Implemented the use of intrinsic aspect ratios for images to improve layout during load and page positioning.
• Added a preference to the use of node.getRootNode and disabled by default. See implementation notes.
  
• Added CSS -webkit-appearance as an alias for -moz-appearance to improve compatibility with websites that only try to use Chrome-specific keywords to style standard form elements.
• Updated the SQLite library to 3.33.0.
• Reinstated precise floating point precision model in JavaScript for those alternate builders who foolishly try to use the inaccurate "fast" model.
• Improved spec compliance of modular JavaScript use (ECMAScript modules).
• Changed media errors to be a more generic response, and added a preference (media.sourceErrorDetails.enabled) to enable detailed error reporting of media errors for debugging purposes.
  Previously, detailed errors were provided by default which could lead to privacy issues.
• Improved code stability of the AbortController implementation.
• Fixed a race condition in the secure connection library (NSS).
• Security issues fixed: CVE-2020-15664, CVE-2020-15666, CVE-2020-15667, CVE-2020-15668 and CVE-2020-15669.
• Unified XUL Platform Mozilla Security Patch Summary: 4 fixed, 1 defense-in-depth, 1 rejected, 9 not applicable.

Implementation notes:

• In 28.11.0 we introduced node.getRootNode because some websites would fail with an error if this function was not present. Unfortunately, this caused problems with other sites that (incorrectly) assume Google WebComponents are available when this utility function is present (feature detection gone wrong). While it is considered by some to be part of the Google WebComponents implementation, it actually has utility value outside of that use. Because of the problems caused, we've added a preference and disabled it by default, fixing these kinds of websites.
  When needed, you can re-enable this function with dom.getRootNode.enabled
  This should improve web compatibility by default yet still allow users to enable this function for websites that use its utility but do not use WebComponents.

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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