Use "Software Update" under the blg blue Apple...
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Posted on 05/11/2006 2:09:49 PM PDT by Panerai
Apple on Thursday released Security Update 2006-003, fixing vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. In addition to fixing core technologies, the update also includes changes to several of the company's applications.
An issue with Apple's Safari Web browser running in Mac OS X 10.4 that allowed an automatically expanded archive containing a symbolic link to be moved to the user's desktop and launched has been fixed in this update.
Apple Mail received two fixes. The first deals with the handling of invalid color information in enriched text email messages that could cause the allocation and initialization of arbitrary classes. This may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Mail, according to Apple. The second fix dealt with the ability of users to prepare a specially crafted email message with MacMIME encapsulated attachments to trigger an integer overflow. This may lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Mail.
Preview, Apple's PDF viewing application, had a problem if a user was navigating very deep directory hierarchies in Preview. In such cases it may be possible for an attacker to cause arbitrary code execution if the directories are opened in Preview. This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.4, according to Apple.
The Security Update also includes a new Flash Player 8.0.24.0. Flash Player contained critical vulnerabilities that may lead to arbitrary code execution when specially-crafted files.
Finally, the Finder has been updated to fix a problem that would allow an attacker to use Internet Location files to execute arbitrary code.
In addition to the Security Update, Apple has also released QuickTime 7.1, an update the company says delivers numerous important bug fixes and addresses critical security issues.
Front Row 1.2.2 delivers a variety of fixes for better reliability and compatibility when playing music, photos, and videos on your Macintosh, according to Apple.
Full details of the update for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are available from Apple's Web site. The QuickTime and Front Row updates are available via the Software Update in Mac OS X.
Apple releases Security Update, QuickTime 7.1, Front Row > ping !
Ever try to work with Kodak video files in Windows?
They do not work and play well together.
sheesh, if it was so secure to begin with why the need for an update? Apple sounds like Microsoft to me.
Use "Software Update" under the blg blue Apple...
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
Proactive updating is the way Apple keeps OS X secure...
QuickTime 7.1 delivers numerous important bug fixes and addresses critical security issues. This update is highly recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.Important Notice to QuickTime Pro Users
Installation of QuickTime 7 will disable the QuickTime Pro functionality in prior versions of QuickTime, such as QuickTime 5 or QuickTime 6. If you proceed with this installation, you must purchase a new QuickTime 7 Pro key to regain QuickTime Pro functionality. After installation, visit www.apple.com/quicktime to purchase a QuickTime 7 Pro key.
You sound like you have an axe to grind to me.
no, just tired of Apple people with their noses in the air.
THNX
It's the only way we can avoid the whiff of Windows. The air is so much sweeter up here in Apple Land.
Yea, I hear God builds your systems...
Nah, they just work as if He does. 'Scuse me while I vibrate with self-content.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Quite frankly, Echo, the only one aroound here who appears to be a snob is you. You come across as a anti-Mac bigot.
Huh?
WHOO HOOO!! I'm an Apple Racist! LOL!
Now I know all Mac lovers are liberals. LOL
We live in a cynical, unhappy society.
It's interesting that when a group of people are actually happy about a product, which is almost unprecedented in today's world of computing, they turn people off instead of generating curiosity.
Instead, people like you - and I'm not singling you out since there are many like you - continue to tolerate Windows, its crashes, its virii, its spyware, etc, etc.
Why not consider that there might be something genuinely better? Why not consider that maybe we have our noses up for a reason?
I'm really curious ... back to you.
D
Macs never crash? NO viruses for Mac? The people in macdome that are going to get get killed by a virus are those who think it cant happen. maybe you live in a fairytale. BTW, my XP never crashes.
No, you are merely rude.
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