Software Update: Adium 1.3.6

The developers at Adium have released a new release in the 1.3 branch of their instant messenger of the same name. Through the program it is possible to connect and exchange messages via the networking from Twitter, Jabber, ICQ, .NET Messenger Service and Bonjour, among others. In addition, it supports Off-the-Record encryption of messages and can be used in more than twenty-five languages. The list of changes for version 1.3.6 looks like this:

Version 1.3.6:

• Updated to libpurple 2.5.9:
  • Fix a crash via a specially crafted MSN message (CVE-2009-2694).
  • Fix a crash in Bonjour, MSN, and XMPP when trying to transfer files with NULL names.
  • Numerous fixes from libpurple 2.5.8
• Updated to pidgin-facebookchat 1.6.0 from 1.5.1:
  • Fixed issues with dropped & missed messages
  • Fixed retrieval of profile information
  • Fixed retrieval of buddy icons
  • Fixed messaging with Facebook users whose user IDs are very large
  • Numerous other fixes; see pidgin-facebookchat changelog for details
  • Note: Facebook contact group support is currently disabled
• Added option to control Facebook mail checking
• Merged down the space dust