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Fedora 27: FEDORA-2018-09c51bbcec Moderate: NoScript XSS Protection

Changes since 10.1.8.16: === v 10.1.9.6 handle legacy external message recipients * [XSS] Updated known HTML5 events * Better IPV6 support * UI support for protocol-only entries v 10.1.9.5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2018-09c51bbcec 2018-09-27 16:16:50.020527 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : mozilla-noscript Product : Fedora 27 Version : 10.1.9.6 Release : 1.fc27 URL : https://noscript.net/ Summary : JavaScript white list extension for Mozilla Firefox Description : The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox. It allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plug-ins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank) and additionally provides Anti-XSS protection. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Changes since 10.1.8.16: === v 10.1.9.6 ============================================================= * [TB] Gracefully handle legacy external message recipients * [XSS] Updated known HTML5 events * Better IPV6 support * UI support for protocol-only entries v 10.1.9.5 ============================================================= * Fix for various content script timing related issues (thanks therube for reporting) v 10.1.9.4 ============================================================= * Prevent total breakages when policies accidentally map to invalid match patterns * Internal messaging dispatch better coping with multiple option windows * Avoid multiple CSP DOM insertions v 10.1.9.3 ============================================================= * Fixed message handling regression breaking embedders and causing potential internal message loops v 10.1.9.2 ============================================================* More efficient window.name-based tab-scoped permissions persistence *Fixed URL parsing bugs * Fixed bug in requestKey generation * [Build] Enhanced TLD data update subsystem * [UI] CUSTOM presets gets initialized with currently applied preset, including temporary/permanent status * Improved internal message dispatching, avoiding potential race conditions * [L10n] Transifex integration * Work-around for DOM-injected CSP not being honored when appended to the root element, rather than HEAD * Transparent support for FQDNs * Better file: protocol support * Full-page placeholders for media/plugin documents v 10.1.9.1 ============================================================= * Fixed NOSCRIPT emulation not running in contexts where service workers are disabled, such as private windows (thanks Peter Wu for patch) v 10.1.9 ============================================================= * Completely revamped CSP backend, enforcing policies both in webRequest and in the DOM * Reload-less service worker busting * removed obsoleted failsafes, including forced reloads * Better timing for popup UI feedback on permissions changes * Send out a "started" message after initialization to help embedders (like the Tor browser) interact with NoScript * Updated TLDs v 10.1.8.23 ============================================================= * Hotfix for reload loops before CSP management refactoring v 10.1.8.22 ============================================================= * Fixed reload loop on unrestricted tabs (thanks random for reporting) v 10.1.8.20 ============================================================= * Fixed Sites.domainImplies() misplaced optimization. * [L10n] Added Catalan (ca) v 10.1.8.19 ============================================================= * Fixed onResponseHeader failing on session restore because of onBeforeRequest not having being called. * Fixed regression: framed documents' URLs not being reported in the UI (thanks xaex for report) v 10.1.8.18 ============================================================= * Moreresilient and optimized Sites.domainImplies() * Update ChildPolicies when automatic temp TRUST for top-level documents is enabled * Fixed messages from content scripts being "eaten" by the wrong dispatcher when UI is open (thanks skriptimaahinen) * Fixed typo causing accidental permissions/status mismatches being checked only while pages are still loading (thanks skriptimaahinen) * Fixed typo in XSS name sanitization script injection (thanks skriptimaahinen) v 10.1.8.17 ============================================================= * Fix: Sites.domainImplies() should match subdomains * More coherent wrapper around the webex messaging API * Fixed inconsistencies affecting ChildPolicies content script auto-generated matching rules. * Fixed potential issues with cross-process messages * Simpler and more reliable safety net to ensure CSP headers are injected last among WebExtensions * Fixed regression causing refresh loops on pages which use type="object" requests to load images, css and other types * [L10n] ru and de translations * [XSS] Updated HTML events auto-generate matching code to use both latest Mozilla source code and archived data since Firefox ESR 52 * New dynamic scripts management strategy based on the browser.contentScripts API, should fix some elusive, likely requestFilter-induced, bugs * Fixed no-dot domains threated as empty TLDs (thanks Peter Wu for patch) * Removed requestFilter hack for dynamic scripts management * [L10n] br and tr translations (thanks Transifex/OTF, https://explore.transifex.com/otf/noscript/) * Best effort to have webRequest.onHeaderReceived listener run last (issue #6, thanks kkapsner) * [L10n] Localized "NoScript Options" title (thanks Diklabyte) * Fixed inline scripts not being reported to UI (thanks skriptimaahinen for patch) * Skip non-content windows when deferring startup page loads (thanks Rob Wu for reporting) * Broader detection of UTF-8 encoding in responses (thanks Rob Wu for reporting) * Improved support fordebugging code removal in releases * Fixed startup race condition with pending request tracking * Fixed updating NoScript reloads tabs with revoked temporary permissions. Legacy version: === v 5.1.8.7 ============================================================= * [Security] Fixed script blocking bypass zero-day (thanks Zerodium for unresponsible disclosure, https://twitter.com/Zerodium/status/1039127214602641409) * [Surrogate] Fixed typo in 2mdn replacement (thansk barbaz) * [XSS] Fixed InjectionChecker choking at some big JSON payloads sents as POST form data * [XSS] In-depth protection against native ES6 modules abuse * Fixed classic beta channel users being accidentally migrated to stable (thanks barbaz) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Sun Sep 16 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.9.6-1 - update to 10.1.9.6 - update classic version to 5.1.8.7 (fixes CVE-2018-16983) * Mon Jul 30 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.8.16-2 - update to 10.1.8.16 (#1609266) - make main package dependencies on subpackages versioned * Fri Jul 20 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.8.8-1 - update to 10.1.8.8 (#1601456) - update classic version to 5.1.8.6 - extract only the licenses and cfg file * Fri Jun 29 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.8.2-3 - update to 10.1.8.2 (#1583884) * Wed May 23 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.8.1-2 - update to 10.1.8.1 (#1572820) * Thu Apr 12 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.7.5-1 - update to 10.1.7.5 (#1557592) - update classic version to 5.1.8.5 * Fri Mar 16 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.7.2-2 - update to 10.1.7.2 (#1557318) - update bundled components Provides: * Mon Feb 19 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.6.5-1 - update to 10.1.6.5 (#1543851) - update classic version to 5.1.8.4 * Thu Feb 1 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.6.4-1 - update to 10.1.6.4 (#1539464) - switch URL to upstream instead of AMO, they're identical - split FF and SM extensions to separate subpackages * SatJan 20 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.6.3-1 - update to 10.1.6.3 (#1532905) - install metainfo file in the new standard location * Mon Jan 1 2018 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.6.2-1 - update to 10.1.6.2 (#1528835) * Tue Dec 19 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.6-1 - update to 10.1.6 (#1527501) * Sat Dec 16 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.5.8-1 - update to 10.1.5.8 (#1524389) - bring back the classic version (still developed until June 2018) for SeaMonkey (#1526199) * Sat Nov 25 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.2-1 - update to 10.1.2 * Mon Nov 20 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski - 10.1.1-1 - update to 10.1.1 (pure WebExtension version, Firefox 57+ only) * Thu Nov 2 2017 Dominik Mierzejewski - 5.1.4-1 - update to 5.1.4 (#1504408) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1629212 - CVE-2018-16983 mozilla-noscript: NoScript Bypass via the text/html;/json Content-Type value https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629212 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-09c51bbcec' 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 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Sep 27, 2018 •Important Fedora