Mozilla released yet another update to Firefox, sending Firefox Version 95.0.2 to the release channel today.
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Mozilla sent Firefox Version 95.0.1 to the release channel today.
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The Microsoft December 2021 security updates have been released and consist of 67 CVEs. Of these CVEs, 7 are rated Critical, and 60 are rated Important severity. At the time of release, five are listed as publicly known and one is listed as under active exploit.
The updates apply to the following long list of products: Apps, ASP.NET Core & Visual Studio, Azure Bot Framework SDK, BizTalk ESB Toolkit, Internet Storage Name Service, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Microsoft Devices, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Microsoft Local Security Authority Server (lsasrv), Microsoft Message Queuing, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft PowerShell, Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, Office Developer Platform, Remote Desktop Client, Role: Windows Fax Service, Role: Windows Hyper-V, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio Code - WSL Extension, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows Digital TV Tuner, Windows DirectX, Windows Encrypting File System (EFS), Windows Event Tracing, Windows Installer, Windows Kernel, Windows Media, Windows Mobile Device Management, Windows NTFS, Windows Print Spooler Components, Windows Remote Access Connection Manager, Windows Storage, Windows Storage Spaces Controller, Windows SymCrypt, Windows TCP/IP, and Windows Update Stack.
See the KBs listed at December 2021 Security Updates - Release Notes - Security Update Guide - Microsoft for information regarding known issues with the security updates as well as the CVEs with FAQs, Mitigations and/or Workarounds.
Note: This is the month for the quarterly MSRT run. Although included with Windows updates, it can be downloaded separately:
Recommended Reading: See Dustin Childs review and analysis in Zero Day Initiative -- The December 2021 Security Update Review.
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Pale Moon has been updated to version 29.4.3. This is a security update. This update reinstates FUEL again for old extension compatibility. See implementation notes.
Linux versions will follow shortly.
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*DiD This means that a 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.
Pale Moon includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows: Pale Moon for Windows downloads.
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.
Mozilla sent Firefox Version 95.0 to the release channel today. The update includes thirteen security updates of which six (6) are rated high, five (5) are rated moderate, and two (2) are rated low.
Firefox ESR was updated to Version 91.4.
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Update: To get the update now, select "Help" from the Firefox menu, then pick "About Firefox." Mac users need to select "About Firefox" from the Firefox menu. If you do not use the English language version, Fully Localized Versions are available for download.
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