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Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc/www/firefox
From: Ryo ONODERA
Date: 2015-08-12 01:48:18
Message id: 20150811234818.330D798@cvs.netbsd.org
Log Message:
Update to 40.0
Changelog:
New Support for Windows 10
New Added protection against unwanted software downloads
New User can receive suggested tiles in the new tab page based on categories \
Firefox matches to browsing history (en-US only).
New Hello allows adding a link to conversations to provide context on what \
the conversation will be about
New New style for add-on manager based on the in-content preferences style
New Improved scrolling, graphics, and video playback performance with off \
main thread compositing (GNU/Linux only)
New Graphic blocklist mechanism improved: Firefox version ranges can be \
specified, limiting the number of devices blocked
Changed Add-on extensions that are not signed by Mozilla will display a warning
Changed NPAPI Plug-in performance improved via asynchronous initialization
Changed Smoother animation and scrolling with hardware vsync (Windows only)
Changed JPEG images use less memory when scaled and can be painted faster
Changed Sub-resources can no longer request HTTP authentication, thus \
protecting users from inadvertently disclosing login data
HTML5 IndexedDB transactions are now non-durable by default
HTML5 Implemented AudioBufferSourceNode.detune to modulate playback rate in \
cents, a logarithmic unit of measure used for musical intervals
Developer Improved Performance tools in the developer tools: Waterfall view, \
Call Tree view and a Flame Chart view
Developer New rules view tooltip in the Inspector to tweak CSS Filter values
Developer Console API messages from SharedWorker and ServiceWorker are now \
displayed in web console
Developer New page ruler highlighting tool that displays lightweight \
horizontal and vertical rules on a page
Developer Inspector now searches across all content frames in a page
Fixed Kannada text does not display properly in built-in pdf viewer
Fixed Various security fixes
Known Issues
unresolved If Firefox is restarted from an add-on install notification, \
on-going private browsing downloads might be canceled without warning (1185294)
Fixed in Firefox 40
2015-92 Use-after-free in XMLHttpRequest with shared workers
2015-91 Mozilla Content Security Policy allows for asterisk wildcards in \
violation of CSP specification
2015-90 Vulnerabilities found through code inspection
2015-89 Buffer overflows on Libvpx when decoding WebM video
2015-88 Heap overflow in gdk-pixbuf when scaling bitmap images
2015-87 Crash when using shared memory in JavaScript
2015-86 Feed protocol with POST bypasses mixed content protections
2015-85 Out-of-bounds write with Updater and malicious MAR file
2015-84 Arbitrary file overwriting through Mozilla Maintenance Service with \
hard links
2015-83 Overflow issues in libstagefright
2015-82 Redefinition of non-configurable JavaScript object properties
2015-81 Use-after-free in MediaStream playback
2015-80 Out-of-bounds read with malformed MP3 file
2015-79 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:40.0 / rv:38.2)
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