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Netstat -vat by Sean Michael Kerner (bio)

A command line view of IT



Mozilla updates Thunderbird 3, Firefox 3.x

By Sean Michael Kerner on July 22, 2009 1:43 PM
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From the 'you should update' files:

Mozilla is updating its Firefox 3.x browser to version 3.0.12 for five critical security vulnerabilities. All of the issues have already been addressed in the latest Firefox 3.5.1 update which came out last week.

There is one particularly interesting fix in the 3.0.12 update dealing with Flash. According to Mozilla's security advisory:
"When a page contains a Flash object which presents a slow script dialog, and the page is navigated while the dialog is still visible to the user, the Flash plugin is unloaded resulting in a crash due to a call to the deleted object. This crash could potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code on a victim's computer."
So it's a Flash flaw, but one that is something that Mozilla can fix - this is something that is already fixed in Firefox 3.5.1.

While Mozilla is steaming ahead pushing users to update to Firefox 3.5.x -- Mozilla's other big program -- Thunderbird is moving along at a snail's pace.

Thunderbird is the Mozilla email program and it currently is still stuck at version 2. Thunderbird 3 has been in development for over 18 months by my count while with the first Beta release out in December of 2008.

The third beta includes a number of new features including a new email account wizard and improved tab functionality.
"Some of the biggest work in this release has happened behind the scenes, however, and will mostly be visible to extension developers," developer Dan Mosedale blogged. "A large tab and message list refactoring has cleaned up a lot of old cruft, and many things should be quite a bit easier going forward, though existing extensions will need to adapt."

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Joyce Rammel said:

Thunderbird recently automatically updated my e-mail to 2.0.0.22. I find that I can no longer send pictures from Picasa because it does not recognize Thunderbird as my default e-mail. It is my ONLY e-mail! From all that I have read on this matter, it is a problem directly related to Thunderbird's update. How may I resolve this matter without having to change my e-mail which I do not want to do? I never had a problem prior to the update. Is there a "fix" for this inconvenience?
Thank you for you prompt attention to this matter.

July 23, 2009 2:21 PM

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