Apple released updates to fix at least 44 different security vulnerabilities in its software for Mac OS X and Windows. Forty of the flaws reside in OS X itself, while the rest are specific to Apple’s version of the Safari Web browser built for Windows.
All of the OS X-specific flaws addressed in the patch bundle were for OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and earlier. There don’t appear to be any updates pushed out for Leopard, Apple’s most recent version of its operating system.
Also among the fixes is a patch to plug a security hole in Apple’s version of the Adobe Flash Player, a vulnerability that Adobe issued its own update to fix back in July.
Apple users who have Software Updates set to automatically check for updates should be prompted to install the fixes sometime over the next few days. The update bundle should also be available at Apple Downloads.
Windows users of Safari 3 Beta can update through the bundled Apple Software Update application, or by grabbing the latest version at Apple Downloads.
Update, 2:07 p.m. ET: Make that 47 vulnerabilities. Apple just this afternoon released a trio of updates for Leopard users (OS X 10.5.1). The patches are designed to tighten up security around Leopard’s built-in firewall. The details on these three firewall patches are pretty interesting, but they’re not yet up on Apple’s site. So, I have posted them in this entry. Click on the “Continue Reading” link below to see them.
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