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Fedora 27 Icecat 52.5.3 Advisory: Bug-1427870 Spectre Mitigation

- Update to 52.5.3 - Patched for mozilla bug-1427870 (spectre mitigation). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2018-16a76da6cc 2018-01-17 22:33:45.476936 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : icecat Product : Fedora 27 Version : 52.5.3 Release : 2.fc27 URL : 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 characteristics 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 52.5.3 - Patched for mozilla bug-1427870 (spectre mitigation) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 availableat 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. . Debian releases Gnome 3.38.5, resolving issues related to GNOME Bug 123456 for improved stability and user experience.. Fedora Icecat Update, Spectre Mitigation, Browser Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 18, 2018 •Critical Fedora