(New to Kubuntu/ Linux) Update/ upgrade difficulties Thunderbird.

[Derek Broughton]

NoOp wrote:

> 
> Ubuntu's version is outdated; TB is now at 2.0.0.9 to fix a couple of
> security issues:
> 
>
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#thunderbird2.0.0.9>

I really wish people would stop spreading this sort of FUD about Ubuntu. 
Check the changelogs _before_ making a statement like this, please.

By definition, packages in a stable release of either Ubuntu or Debian will
not get version updates (except in a -backports repository).  So,
thunderbird in Gutsy will probably always be version 2.0.0.8.  However,
security vulnerabilities will be fixed by applying the patch to the
_stable_ code - as has been done on 2.0.0.8 (note, the two vulnerabilities
noted in the link above are the first and last of this changelog):

$ aptitude changelog thunderbird
thunderbird (2.0.0.8~pre071022+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10) gutsy-security;
urgency=low

  * 2.0.0.8 security/stability update (pre fetched from CVS):
  * MFSA 2007-29 aka CVE-2007-5339 (browser), CVE-2007-5340 (javascript)
  * MFSA 2007-30 aka CVE-2007-1095
  * MFSA 2007-31 aka CVE-2007-2292
  * MFSA 2007-32 aka CVE-2007-3511, CVE-2006-2894
  * MFSA 2007-33 aka CVE-2007-5334
  * MFSA 2007-34 aka CVE-2007-5337
  * MFSA 2007-35 aka CVE-2007-5338
  * MFSA 2007-36 aka CVE-2007-4841 (windows only)

-- 
derek