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Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching more than 40 security holes, as detailed in Security Update 2008-003/Mac OS X 10.5.3.
The update, released this week, plugs flaws that render OS X Leopard users vulnerable to systems compromises including denial-of-service attacks, information disclosure and remote code execution.
Included in the update is a patch for multiple vulnerabilities in the Adobe Flash Player plug-in. Currently at least 20,000 websites have been infected with code that exploits the flaws, which occur when Flash Player processes a malicious Shockwave Flash (SWF) file. Normally, SWF files contain animations or interactive applications.
Security research and training organisation the Sans Institute commented in a blog post that the Apple update was "huge", and wished everybody "happy patching".
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1. Bruce Campbell
...and I ran the patches once the OS Software update announced they were available, and in 20 minutes, everything was back up and running. What's the problem? Apple releases regular software updates, which never take longer to install that 5 minutes, rarely need a restart, and fix things that need fixing, and award credit to the IT pros that help them find the problems.
Beats "Patch Tuesday" from Redmond any day!