Apple Patches 7 Flaws In OS X

KingFishKingFish
edited January 2005 in Science & Tech
It's time for Mac users to pull out their one-button mice and get patching. Yesterday Apple announced a flurry of patches designed to fix a variety of flaws in its flagship OS X operating system and various applications bundled with Macintosh PCs.
At the same time, Apple announced it is implementing a new naming scheme for patch releases, mirroring the way Microsoft names its patches and hotfixes.

Exploits were discovered in the Safari browser, the Mac Mail e-mail program, and the color-matching ColorSync system. The worst of the problems were in Safari, where a pop-up blocking feature could be subverted to allow malicious activity. ColorSync suffered from a buffer overlow that would allow arbitrary code execution. Mac Mail's flaw allowed remote attackers to glean information about how the PC's Ethernet connection was configured.

Apple blamed the larger-than-average number of flaws on the sharing of applications and code with other platforms. "Apple is using software that's used in other distributions," said Thomas Kristensen of Secunia, an Internet security firm. Kristensen noted that when these other platforms have flaws, "it will affect the OS X platform."
Source: GEEK.com

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    I'll have you know that I use a two button mouse..........
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2005
    primesuspect wrote:
    I'll have you know that I use a two button mouse..........

    And I use a 5 button mouse...
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited January 2005
    7 buttons AND a wheel. :D
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    ....and a trackball on my logitech!
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2005
    yeah but you two aren't mac users. :p
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited January 2005
    If you and Prime are an indication of a typical "Mac user", i'm glad i'm not. ;D


    * though years ago, i did own an orange. (apple IIe clone). :D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    <3 secure Apple OSes.
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited January 2005
    I also vote for 7 buttons and a wheel. :D But I haven't used a mac since a couple months ago so I guess I don't qualify. :-/
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    I just got it now, it's called "Security Update 2005 - 001"

    Simple enough. the 1st security update of 2005.
  • Ghaleon4Ghaleon4 South Oklahoma
    edited January 2005
    Um...I've never had any security issues...*knock on wood*, and I don't use a mac. I use a Texas Instruments ti-9000 scientific calculator to surf the web. It's got an 18 digit display, and can factor polynomials while I'm reading up on CNN. Of course, I can only read an average of 4 words per screen before I have to hit the scroll arrow, but at least I don't have to remember the pythatgorean theorem off the top of my head anymore!
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