Pale Moon Version 29.4.4 Released with Security Updates

     

Pale Moon has been updated to version 29.4.4.  This is a security update. 

Linux versions will follow shortly.

Changes/fixes:

• Improved application library loading security. DiD
• Fixed an issue in JavaScript serialization. DiD
• Fixed a potential out-of-bounds issue in IndexedDB. DiD
• Fixed a potential issue in widget data handling code. DiD
• Fixed potentially exploitable crashes in handling truncated/corrupt media files or streams.
• Fixed an issue in the DOM FileReader code.
• Updated NSS to 3.52.3 to address a security issue.
  
• Fixed the following security issues: CVE-2022-22736, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2022-22746, CVE-2022-22744 and CVE-2022-22747.
• Unified XUL Platform Mozilla Security Patch Summary: 8 fixed, 4 DiD, 17 not applicable.

*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.

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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Microsoft Out-of-Band Update to Address Issues from January Updates

Microsoft released out-of-band (OOB) updates to address issues related to VPN connectivity, Windows Server Domain Controllers restarting, Virtual Machines start failures, and ReFS-formatted removable media failing to mount.

As indicated in the Announcement at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/windows-message-center#2777, the updates released today are available for download on the Microsoft Update Catalog.  In addition, some can also be installed directly through Windows Update as optional updates.

Updates for the Windows versions below are also available through Windows Update as an optional update.  Instructions are available at the KB listed for your version of Windows.

• Windows 11, version 21H1 (original release): KB5010795
• Windows Server 2022: KB5010796
• Windows 10, version 21H2: KB5010793
• Windows 10, version 21H1: KB5010793
• Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows Server, version 20H2: KB5010793
• Windows 10, version 20H1, Windows Server, version 20H1: KB5010793
• Windows 10, version 1909, Windows Server, version 1909: KB5010792
• Windows 10, version 1607, Windows Server 2016: KB5010790
• Windows 10, version 1507: KB5010789
• Windows 7 SP1: KB5010798
• Windows Server 2008 SP2: KB5010799

The updates for the systems listed below can only be downloaded and installed via the Microsoft Update Catalog:

• Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2: KB5010794
• Windows Server 2012: KB5010797

Remember - "A day without laughter is a day wasted."
May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart...

Mozilla Firefox Version 96.0.1 Released

  Mozilla sent Firefox Version 96.0.1 to the release channel today.  

Fixed

• Addresses proxy rule exceptions not working on Windows systems when "Use system proxy settings" is set (bug 1749501)
• Improvements to make the parsing of content-length headers more robust (bug 1749957)

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