The update fixes the following two critical and five moderate security vulnerabilities that can be exploited in earlier versions of the mail client: Interested users can take a look at the release notes for the new version which contain a link to the security issues that have been fixed. The update is a security update and it is therefor recommended to update immediately if Thunderbird is installed and in use on a computer system. You could head over to the Security Advisories to read up on the security vulnerabilities that the Thunderbird team fixed in the issue, the release notes on the other hand do not reveal any additional information about this release.
The new Thunderbird update is a security release that fixes 6 moderate and 2 low vulnerabilities which obviously means that it is recommended to update the email client as soon as possible to patch the security vulnerabilities. If your check for updates does not find a new version head to the official Thunderbird website, the new version is already provided as a download on the main page there. One random crash has been fixed for instance. The seven other issues that have been fixed can be found at the Rumbling Edge website.
They fix crashes with evidence of memory corruption and one JavaScript privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution. The security issues that have been fixed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 have been classified as moderate. Several bugs and two security issues have been fixed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 and it is advised to update the email client as soon as possible. That's an effort to synchronize Firefox and Thunderbird versioning once again. Oh, if you are wondering why the new version is called 2.0.0.12 and not 2.0.0.10 or 2.0.0.11. Mac users will probably like that the bug that the capital J could not be written in some fields in Thunderbird has been fixed. The most important fixes in my opinion are the two Topcrashes and the two Crashes issues that have been fixed.
The official ones will be released with the announcement on the Mozilla homepage. The release notes however are not official. The Rumbling Edge reports 25 fixes and improvements over the previous version. The new version is already available for all supported operating systems and languages. It seems to work fine and I was not able to spot any problems thus far using it. There is no word yet as well if this is the release version or yet another release candidate version for testers only.
Nine improvements have the critical status which means the upgrade should be performed as soon as possible. The Rumbling Edge lists 39 improvements over version 2.0.0.8 which is also only available on the ftp site at the moment. The Rumbling Edge lists the following three fixes for Thunderbird 2.0.0.6įixed: MFSA 2007-27 - Unescaped URIs passed to external programs (Critical)įixed: MFSA 2007-26 - Privilege escalation through chrome-loaded about:blank windows (Moderate) Improve email alerts and support for extensions.
Popular web mail service wizard for easier integration.Back and forward buttons to navigate through the message history.Seems to react a lot faster during program start and mail retrieval. I did not have much time to play around with all settings but for the time being I think that the new release is a major improvement. It displays results as you type which makes it easier to find emails during searches. The search reacts now like those nice Ajax scripts that you find anywhere on the web nowadays. (I like the flame which is the new symbol for junk mails). Everything looks more friendly to the eye. The interface was redesigned with new icons which look way better than the old ones. There have been some major changes to the appearance and features of Thunderbird such as the ability to tag emails which works almost the same way as tagging bookmarks at for example.