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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-8c567ee528
2017-04-04 16:01:42.501284
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Name        : icecat
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 52.0.1
Release     : 5.fc26
URL         : http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Summary     : GNU version of Firefox browser
Description :
GNUZilla Icecat is a fully-free fork of Mozilla Firefox ESR.
Extensions included to this version of IceCat:

 * LibreJS
   GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in Richard
   Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap.

 * SpyBlock
   Blocks privacy trackers while in normal browsing mode, and all third party
   requests when in private browsing mode. Based on Adblock Plus.

 * AboutIceCat
   Adds a custom "about:icecat" homepage with links to information about the
   free software and privacy features in IceCat, and check-boxes to enable
   and disable the ones more prone to break websites.

 * HTML5-video-everywhere
   Uses the native video player to play embedded videos from different sources

 * Fingerprinting countermeasures: Fingerprinting is a series of techniques
   allowing to uniquely identify a browser based on specific characterisics of
   that particular instance (like what fonts are available in that machine).
   Unlike cookies the user cannot opt-out of being tracked this way,
   so the browser has to avoid giving away that kind of hints.

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Update Information:

- Update to 52.0.1 - All patches synchronized with firefox
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1429252 - icecat does not compile on aarch64
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429252
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade icecat' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 26: icecat Security Update 2017-8c567ee528

April 4, 2017
- Update to 52.0.1 - All patches synchronized with firefox

Summary

GNUZilla Icecat is a fully-free fork of Mozilla Firefox ESR.

Extensions included to this version of IceCat:

* LibreJS

GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in Richard

Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap.

* SpyBlock

Blocks privacy trackers while in normal browsing mode, and all third party

requests when in private browsing mode. Based on Adblock Plus.

* AboutIceCat

Adds a custom "about:icecat" homepage with links to information about the

free software and privacy features in IceCat, and check-boxes to enable

and disable the ones more prone to break websites.

* HTML5-video-everywhere

Uses the native video player to play embedded videos from different sources

* Fingerprinting countermeasures: Fingerprinting is a series of techniques

allowing to uniquely identify a browser based on specific characterisics of

that particular instance (like what fonts are available in that machine).

Unlike cookies the user cannot opt-out of being tracked this way,

so the browser has to avoid giving away that kind of hints.

Update Information:

- Update to 52.0.1 - All patches synchronized with firefox

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1429252 - icecat does not compile on aarch64 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429252

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade icecat' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : icecat
Product : Fedora 26
Version : 52.0.1
Release : 5.fc26
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Summary : GNU version of Firefox browser

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