Mac users - join the club :D

[D.K.night]

http://news.com.com/Apple+fixes+26+M...l?tag=nefd.top

Apple Computer issued on Tuesday updates for its Mac OS X operating system to fix 26 security flaws, some serious.

Several of the vulnerabilities affect the way in which Mac OS X handles images and the file sharing capabilities of the software, according to an Apple security advisory. Other flaws were found and fixed within components such as fetchmail, file compression features, and DHCP networking functionality, Apple said.

The vulnerabilities could enable a variety of attacks, security company Symantec said in an advisory sent out to customers of its DeepSight intelligence service. "Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code, trigger denial-of-service conditions, elevate privileges, and disclose potentially sensitive information," Symantec said.
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Just like us Windows guys, friends. Join the patching club.

[themachine]

This is nothing new. Macs have always had patches.

[{KOW}Spazed]

Um, why didn't you post this 7 years ago when Jaguar was out?

We know there are vulnerabilities, but none of them have ever gone beyond a psuedo proof of concept. There still aren't any self replicating worms or viruses for OS X.

We get updates every few weeks btw, always have, always will.

Also, Symantec is a really ****ty source for this kind of stuff, they have trumped up vulnerabilities in the past for OS X and Windows. Hell they once had an article saying it was more expensive to run Linux for a home user compared to Windows.


You're still learning to troll, you are learning quickly though.

[myleftfoot]

Every app has patches, to suggest otherwise is to suggest a **** app.

[Dondrei]

It's true, any OS can have security vulnerabilities. Programmers aren't prescient. And they work in large teams, something can easily be overlooked.

[Sokar Rostau]

What I find a little interesting is that Apple switches to Intel processors and all of a sudden there are supposed security problems.

(not that every Tiger system is an IntelMac of course)

[{KOW}Spazed]

What I find a little interesting is that Apple switches to Intel processors and all of a sudden there are supposed security problems.

(not that every Tiger system is an IntelMac of course)

As I said before, there have been security patches since the beginning. This just happened to be a large one, the two code bases or the PPC and x86 stuff might have added the bulk.

The processor has nothing to do with vulnerabilities, things like wifi cards or anything else that runs it's own code can, but there is no way the processor type can add problems.

[Dondrei]

Yes, I was thinking what KOW said.

[Sokar Rostau]

Meh, I knew that, just that it's coincidental (and what Wintel sheep wouldn't want Macs to be vulnerable?).

Incidentally, was it Jaguar or Panther that that stuff was on a while ago? I'm still using OS9/OSX (as in OSX, not a kitty) and need to upgrade to whatever my poor elderly iMac can handle.