Changelog:
NEW
A Menu Button is now shown to new users by default
NEW
Tabs are now drawn in the title bar on Windows
FIXED
An issue causing spell-checking only parts of words in Thunderbird 16 is now fixed (790475)
FIXED
An issue causing Thunderbird 16 to repeatedly download emails is now fixed (806760)
FIXED
RSS feeds can now be viewed in the Wide View Layout (531397)
FIXED
Various fixes and performance improvements
FIXED
Various security fixes
CHANGED
Mac OS X 10.5 is no longer supported
Security fixes:
Fixed in Thunderbird 17
MFSA 2012-106 Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-105 Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-103 Frames can shadow top.location
MFSA 2012-101 Improper character decoding in HZ-GB-2312 charset
MFSA 2012-100 Improper security filtering for cross-origin wrappers
MFSA 2012-99 XrayWrappers exposes chrome-only properties when not in chrome compartment
MFSA 2012-97 XMLHttpRequest inherits incorrect principal within sandbox
MFSA 2012-96 Memory corruption in str_unescape
MFSA 2012-94 Crash when combining SVG text on path with CSS
MFSA 2012-93 evalInSanbox location context incorrectly applied
MFSA 2012-92 Buffer overflow while rendering GIF images
MFSA 2012-91 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:17.0/ rv:10.0.11)
Changelog:
Fixed in Thunderbird 16.0.2
MFSA 2012-90 Fixes for Location object issues
MFSA 2012-67 Installer will launch incorrect executable following new installation
Changelog:
FIXED
16.0.1: Vulnerability outlined here
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/
NEW
We have now added box.com to the list of online storage services that are available for use with Thunderbird Filelink
NEW
Silent, background updates. Thunderbird will now download and apply updates in the background allowing you to start quickly the next time Thunderbird starts up.
FIXED
Various fixes and performance improvements
FIXED
Various security fixes
Fixed in Thunderbird 16.0.1
MFSA 2012-89 defaultValue security checks not applied
MFSA 2012-88 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:16.0.1)
Fixed in Thunderbird 16
MFSA 2012-87 Use-after-free in the IME State Manager
MFSA 2012-86 Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-85 Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and out of bounds read issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-84 Spoofing and script injection through location.hash
MFSA 2012-83 Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) does not disallow acces to privileged functions or properties
MFSA 2012-82 top object and location property accessible by plugins
MFSA 2012-81 GetProperty function can bypass security checks
MFSA 2012-80 Crash with invalid cast when using instanceof operator
MFSA 2012-79 DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation
MFSA 2012-77 Some DOMWindowUtils methods bypass security checks
MFSA 2012-76 Continued access to initial origin after setting document.domain
MFSA 2012-75 select element persistance allows for attacks
MFSA 2012-74 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:16.0/ rv:10.0.8)
* Update Mozilla Lightning to 1.7
* Update Enigmail to 1.4.4 (functionality is not tested yet; should
be updated)
* Regen patches
Changelog:
NEW Multi-Channel Chat: You now can enjoy real time conversation with your contacts, right from your favorite messaging application.
NEW Do Not Track: This option has been implemented as an addition to Search the Web.
NEW Ubuntu One is now supported in Filelink - the option to upload large attachments to online storage services.
NEW New User Interface: Thunderbird is replicating the new look and feel of Mozilla Firefox in an effort to provide a similar user experience across all Mozilla software desktop or mobile and all platforms.
FIXED Various fixes and performance improvements
FIXED Various security fixes
MFSA 2012-72 Web console eval capable of executing chrome-privileged code
MFSA 2012-70 Location object security checks bypassed by chrome code
MFSA 2012-68 DOMParser loads linked resources in extensions when parsing text/html
MFSA 2012-67 Installer will launch incorrect executable following new installation
MFSA 2012-65 Out-of-bounds read in format-number in XSLT
MFSA 2012-64 Graphite 2 memory corruption
MFSA 2012-63 SVG buffer overflow and use-after-free issues
MFSA 2012-62 WebGL use-after-free and memory corruption
MFSA 2012-61 Memory corruption with bitmap format images with negative height
MFSA 2012-59 Location object can be shadowed using Object.defineProperty
MFSA 2012-58 Use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-57 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:15.0/ rv:10.0.7)
* Update enigmail to 1.4.2
* Update Lightning to 1.5
Changelog:
* Filelink: Upload your files to an online storage service and send links
to your friends, avoiding bounce back due to large attachments. We have
partnered with YouSendIt to bring this feature, but additional partners
will be added in the near future.
* In partnership with Gandi and Hover, you can now sign up for a
personalized email address from within Thunderbird. Along with your new
email address, Thunderbird will be automatically set up and ready to
send and receive messages. We are working with additional suppliers to
cover more areas of the world and to provide more options in the future.
* Various security fixes
MFSA 2012-40 Buffer overflow and use-after-free issues found using Address Sanitizer
MFSA 2012-39 NSS parsing errors with zero length items
MFSA 2012-38 Use-after-free while replacing/inserting a node in a document
MFSA 2012-37 Information disclosure though Windows file shares and shortcut files
MFSA 2012-36 Content Security Policy inline-script bypass
MFSA 2012-35 Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service
MFSA 2012-34 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* The minimum system requirements for Windows are now Windows XP Service
Pack 2 or later.
Fix PR pkg/46427
Changelog:
* Fix various issues relating to new mail notifications and filtering
on POP3 based accounts
* Fixes an occasional startup crash seen in TB 12.0
* Fixes an issue with corrrupted message bodies when using movemail
* Remove unused option.
* Update enigmail to 1.4.1
Changelog:
* Global Search results now include message extracts in the results
* Various security fixes
* Various improvements to RSS feed subscription and general feed handling
* Thunderbird now supports add-ons that provide different types of
local mail storage
* Update Lightning to 1.3 from 1.3b1
Changelog:
* Support for Apple iCloud and Chandler servers improved
* Support for high contrast themes (needs to be enabled in the preferences)
* New toolbar to adapt to Thunderbird's Tabs-on-Top
thing happens from time to time with python27 as with python26.
Whatever's going on apparently strikes randomly, so changing something
and rebuilding successfully doesn't prove that you've fixed it.
8.0 changes:
Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 8 engine
Add-ons installed by third party programs are now disabled by default
New Search and Find Shortcuts
Improved accessibility of the attachment list
Folder switching pane widget has been removed, can be added back with the
Folder Pane View Switcher Add-on
Numerous platform fixes to stability
Fixed several security issues
7.0 changes:
Thunderbird is based on the new Mozilla Gecko 7 engine
Several user interface fixes and improvements
Several fixes to attachment handling
Ability to print a summary of selected email messages
Platform improvements to Address Book
Fixed several security issues
Numerous platform fixes that improve speed, performance and stability
