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(bsc#1215575)\n\nOther fixes:\n\n- Mozilla Thunderbird 115.3.1\n  * fixed: In Unified Folders view, some folders had incorrect\n    unified folder parent (bmo#1852525)\n  * fixed: 'Edit message as new' did not restore encrypted\n    subject from selected message (bmo#1788534)\n  * fixed: Importing some CalDAV calendars with yearly recurrence\n    events caused Thunderbird to freeze (bmo#1850732)\n  * fixed: Security fixes\n  MFSA 2023-44 (bsc#1215814)\n  * CVE-2023-5217 (bmo#1855550)\n    Heap buffer overflow in libvpx\n- Mozilla Thunderbird 115.3\n  * fixed: Thunderbird could not import profiles with hostname\n    ending in dot ('.') (bmo#1825374)\n  * fixed: Message header was occasionally missing in message\n    preview (bmo#1840943)\n  * fixed: Setting an existing folder's type flag did not add\n    descendant folders to the Unified Folders view (bmo#1848904)\n  * fixed: Thunderbird did not always delete all temporary mail\n    files, sometimes preventing messages from being sent\n    (bmo#673703)\n  * fixed: Status bar in Message Compose window could not be\n    hidden (bmo#1806860)\n  * fixed: Message header was intermittently missing from message\n    preview (bmo#1840943)\n  * fixed: OAuth2 did not work on some profiles created in\n    Thunderbird 102.6.1 or earlier (bmo#1814823)\n  * fixed: In Vertical View, decrypted subject lines were\n    displayed as ellipsis ('...') in message list (bmo#1831764)\n  * fixed: Condensed address preference\n    (mail.showCondensedAddresses) did not show condensed\n    addresses in message list (bmo#1831280)\n  * fixed: Spam folder could not be assigned non-ASCII names with\n    IMAP UTF-8 enabled (bmo#1816332)\n  * fixed: Message header was not displayed until images finished\n    loading, causing noticeable delay for messages containing\n    large images (bmo#1851871)\n  * fixed: Large SVG favicons did not display on RSS feeds\n    (bmo#1853895)\n  * fixed: Context menu items did not display a hover background\n    color (bmo#1852732)\n  * fixed: Security fixes\n  MFSA 2023-43 (bsc#1215575)\n  * CVE-2023-5168 (bmo#1846683)\n    Out-of-bounds write in FilterNodeD2D1\n  * CVE-2023-5169 (bmo#1846685)\n    Out-of-bounds write in PathOps\n  * CVE-2023-5171 (bmo#1851599)\n    Use-after-free in Ion Compiler\n  * CVE-2023-5174 (bmo#1848454)\n    Double-free in process spawning on Windows\n  * CVE-2023-5176 (bmo#1836353, bmo#1842674, bmo#1843824,\n    bmo#1843962, bmo#1848890, bmo#1850180, bmo#1850983,\n    bmo#1851195)\n    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3,\n    and Thunderbird 115.3\n- Add patch mozilla-fix-broken-ffmpeg.patch to fix broken build\n  with newer binutils (bsc#1215309)\n- Fix i586 build by reducing debug info to -g1. (bsc#1210168)\n- Mozilla Thunderbird 115.2.3\n  * changed: Card view and vertical layout are now default for\n    new profiles (bmo#1849000)\n  * fixed: Go - Folder menu was disabled (bmo#1849919)\n  * fixed: 'Tools' menu was blank when opened from compose window\n    on macOS (bmo#1848155)\n  * fixed: Deleting an attachment from a message on an IMAP\n    server corrupted the local copy when configured with 'mark as\n    deleted' (bmo#1135434)\n  * fixed: Manually entered passwords were not remembered for\n    OAuth-authenticated accounts such as Yahoo mail (bmo#1673446)\n  * fixed: Quick Filter's 'Keep filters applied' did not persist\n    after restarting Thunderbird (bmo#1846880,bmo#1849221)\n  * fixed: Top-level Quick Filter settings did not persist after\n    restart (bmo#1849249)\n  * fixed: Notifications for new messages with non-ASCII\n    characters in the subject were garbled (bmo#1842384)\n  * fixed: 'Mark Thread As Read' did not work when some messages\n    in thread were already read (bmo#1850850)\n  * fixed: New Groups tab in NNTP subscribe dialog id not work as\n    expected (bmo#1848366)\n  * fixed: Negative values were allowed in 'Share for files\n    larger than' field (bmo#1850281)\n  * fixed: Thunderbird sometimes crashed when deleting a parent\n    folder with subfolders (bmo#1851293)\n  * fixed: 'Send Message Error' appeared intermittently while\n    Thunderbird was idle (bmo#1801668)\n  * fixed: Focused but not selected messages were missing visual\n    indication of focus in card view (bmo#1844263)\n  * fixed: Notification dot did not disappear from taskbar icon\n    on Windows after messages had already been read (bmo#1824889)\n  * fixed: Multiple selected messages could not be opened\n    simultaneously if selection included more than 19 messages\n    (bmo#1851563)\n  * fixed: Email replies received via BCC incorrectly populated\n    From field with default identity (bmo#1851512)\n  * fixed: User was not always notified of message send failures\n    in outbox (bmo#1851542)\n  * fixed: Tag dialog did not close properly after editing tag\n    (bmo#1852414)\n  * fixed: Newsgroup field in compose window did not autocomplete\n    with suggested newsgroup names (bmo#1670457)\n  * fixed: Canceling newsgroup messages did not check if sender\n    matched user's own identity (bmo#1823274)\n  * fixed: Event dialog with several invitees expanded beyond\n    screen height (bmo#1848261)\n  * fixed: Message check boxes were partially obstructed in\n    message list (bmo#1850760)\n  * unresolved: Some folders missing from Unified Folders 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