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Update brave to 1.5.115
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Authored by Jacalz on Mar 20 2020, 5:00 PM.
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Summary

Summarized Changelog:

  • Added ad conversion attribution for Brave ads.
  • Added ability for websites to determine if browser is Brave.
  • Improved compatibility with MetaMask and allow web3 provider selection.
  • Improved fingerprinting privacy by removing "navigator.deviceMemory".
  • Removed reference to star icon used to bookmark pages under the bookmark manager.
  • Updated top sites background from translucent to opaque under New Tab Page.
  • Updated text in the "Ads" panel under brave://rewards.
  • Fixed intermittent crash if ad confirmations library is called before being instantiated.
  • Fixed 5% fee for Brave Rewards not always being sent when multiple tips are sent in quick succession.
  • Fixed all confirmation types such as viewed, clicked and dismissed being counted towards the ads per hour limit.
  • Fixed incorrect message being displayed on panel and tip banner in certain cases.
  • Fixed duplicate ads entries not being added into "7-day Ads History" in brave://rewards.
  • Fixed incorrect color being used for the "thumbs up" icon in "7-day Ads History" under brave://rewards.
  • Fixed PDFium displaying "Brave Software Drive" in the "Save as PDF" modal.
  • Fixed shields content should be specific to the page that the shields panel is opened from.
  • Fixed shields warning not visible when changing between advanced vs simple view while using dark theme.
  • Fixed CPU/performance issues in certain cases.
  • Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.149.

Security:

  • The upgrade to Chromium 80.0.3987.149 brings 13 security fixes:
    • High CVE-2020-6424: Use after free in media.
    • High CVE-2020-6425: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions.
    • High CVE-2020-6426: Inappropriate implementation in V8.
    • High CVE-2020-6427, CVE-2020-6428, CVE-2020-6429, CVE-2020-6449: Use after free in audio.
    • High CVE-2019-20503: Out of bounds read in usersctplib.
    • Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.
Test Plan
  • browse various sites and make sure that it functions correctly.

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  • Update to brave 1.5.115
Jacalz added a project: Restricted Project.Mar 23 2020, 4:24 PM
Jacalz edited the summary of this revision. (Show Details)
Jacalz retitled this revision from Update brave to 1.5.113 to Update brave to 1.5.115.
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mar 26 2020, 1:53 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.