Posted on 07/09/2009 12:20:40 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple today released Safari which is recommended for all Safari users and improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes, including:
WebKit CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1724
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.7, Mac OS X Server v10.5.7, Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to a cross-site scripting attack
Description: An issue in WebKit's handling of the parent and top objects may result in a cross-site scripting attack when visiting a maliciously crafted website. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of parent and top objects.
WebKit CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1725
Available for: Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.7, Mac OS X Server v10.5.7, Windows XP or Vista
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue exists in WebKit's handling of numeric character references. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of numeric character references. Credit to Chris Evans for reporting this issue.
Safari is available via Software Update and also as a standalone installer.
More info and download link here.
As an aside, the new version was slightly smaller than previous.
Something is not right and you need to get it fixed. The Genius bar should be able to diagnose and get it done. Try that again, and stop the frustration.
You have something abnormal going on for sure. I have a Macbook, 2 gigs RAM and it’s locked up maybe 3 times in 2+ years. I use mine for studio recording and it never lets me down a single time.
Gonna guess you have a ram issue or a hard drive issue. Something definitely ain’t as it should be.
Good, I’ve been hoping that they were working on something. My Mac that I was using the latest version of Safari on has been crashing so often that I have been using my older iBook that run an earlier version. Hope that this fixes my problem. I kept getting a bunch of text that said something about waiting for a debugger connection. Never could find out what that meant.
Update: I downloaded the new Safari and so far so good. I would have already crashed by now on the old one. Looks like it might have some cool features and it does seem faster.
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