Fedora 40: FEDORA-2024-7f67755963 moderate: icecat JavaScript issues

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2024-7f67755963 2024-12-19 03:59:44.539063+00:00 Name : icecat Product : Fedora 40 Version : 115.18.0 Release : 2.rh2.fc40 URL : Summary : GNU version of Firefox browser Description : GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox ESR browser. Extensions included to this version of IceCat: * LibreJS GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in the article "The JavaScript Trap" of Richard Stallman. * JShelter: Mitigates potential threats from JavaScript, including fingerprinting, tracking, and data collection. Slightly modifies the results of API calls, differently on different domains, so that the cross-site fingerprint is not stable. Applies security counter-measures that are likely not to break web pages. Allows fine-grained control over the restrictions and counter-measures applied to each domain. * A set of companion extensions for LibreJS by Nathan Nichols are pre-installed, and provide workarounds to use some services at USPS, RSF.org, SumOfUs.org, pay.gov, McDonalds, goteo.org and Google Docs without using nonfree JavaScript. * A series of configuration changes and tweaks were applied to ensure that IceCat does not initiate network connections that the user has not explicitly requested. This implies not downloading feeds, updates, blacklists or any other similar data needed during startup.