Pale Moon Version 25.1.0 Released with Security Updates

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Pale Moon has released version 25.1.0 to address current incompatibilities with websites. The version includes security updates and introduces new features.

Security fixes:

• Fixed several memory security hazards CVE-2014-1574 and CVE-2014-1575
• Fixed CVE-2014-1581.
• Fixed bug 1069584: Bail if a cairo surface is in an invalid state.
• Made sure to initialize surfaces for draw targets.
• Fixed bug 1074280: Use AsContainerLayer() in order to avoid a bad cast.
• Fixed several problems in the HTML parser (multiple vulnerabilities).
• Improved security of XHR by filtering out types of requests that can potentially be abused.

New Features/Improvements:

• New feature: multi-line flexbox support.
• New feature: added support for collapsed flex element items.
• Enhanced feature: Content Security Policy (CSP)
• New feature: added support for iframes with inline content.
• Updated the Firefox Compatibility mode version to 31.9.
• Pale Moon no longer builds the so-called "media navigator" by default.
• Improved tab handling on lightweight themes

Additional fixes and complete details area available in the Pale Moon - Release Notes

 

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via Pale Moon Facebook post:

The current temporary versions of AdBlock Plus and AdBlock Edge have been removed from the add-ons site due to clear requests from either product owner and clear indications of them not willing to support Pale Moon. We are working on providing you with our in-house maintained alternative as soon as possible (likely within a day) to replace both these extensions with one new solution called AdBlock Latitude (ABL). More information will follow when this is released to the public.

comment by Matt Tobin, one of the developers:

ABL will indeed make use of all your current Adblock Plus settings.. Though those users on Adblock Edge will have to reconfigure.

There are plans in the future to change it to use its own settings and include some form of migration to translate ABP and ABE's prefs over to ABL specific.

 

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Adblock Latitude released!:

Adblock Latitude (ABL), our in-house fork of Adblock Plus, has been released!

If you are currently a user of Adblock Plus or Adblock Edge, you should switch to Adblock Latitude.

The extension:

• Is a drop-in replacement for ABP and will pick up your ABP settings.
• Also replaces ABE, because it does not include the "acceptable ads" feature.
• Can still show acceptable ads if you wish it and wish to support the Internet economy, by enabling the relevant filter (under subscriptions) manually.
• Is only compatible with Pale Moon, version 25 (and later).
• Is able to communicate with ABP helper extensions like the Element Hiding Helper to extend its functionality.

A few things to note when switching:

• If you switch from ABP to ABL, please uninstall ABP, install ABL, and then exit & re-launch your browser to update the extension data like display texts and icons properly.
• If you switch from ABE to ABL, please uninstall ABE as it will otherwise conflict with ABL. You will have to reconfigure the adblocker since it will not pick up ABE's settings. Please make a note of any custom filters and settings before you uninstall ABE.

You can download the current version of ABL (3.0) from the add-ons website.