Monday, August 28, 2006

Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 - Open Source Email Client

thunderbird picThunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows, Open Source, 6.03MB) [via Filehippo] is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser. It gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.

Recent changes:

  • Fixed: 339740 - Heap buffer overwrite on malformed VCard (Critical)
  • Fixed: 284219, 329900, 331679, 331883, 336162, 337462, 338129, 338391, 340733 - Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.5) (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 320982, 342507, Secunia Advisory 19873 - Memory corruption with simultaneous events (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 324117, 325425, 336409, 336410, 338001, 338121, 338804, 339785, 340129, 341877, 341956, 342960 - JavaScript engine vulnerabilities (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 337389 - PAC privilege escalation using Function.prototype.call (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 338288 - Code execution through deleted frame reference (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 338523 - XSS with XPCNativeWrapper(window).Function(...) (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 340107 - UniversalBrowserRead privilege escalation (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 340727 - Privilege escalation using named-functions and redefined "new Object()" (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 344759, 344960 - JavaScript new Function race condition (Moderate)
  • Fixed: 339918, 343594 - Native DOM methods can be hijacked across domains (Low)
  • and more functionality, UI, and confituration improvements

Technorati: Mozilla, Thunderbird, Email, Windows, Software, Open Source, Utility

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