Originally posted on December 17, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Mac users turn on your updates if you haven’t yet.
Apple released last Monday a security update for both the Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, client and server. The new update will bring the versions of the OS to 10.4.11 and 10.5.5.
The update was developed to fix 21 vulnerabilities of the OS. About seven of the vulnerabilities have been linked to the Adobe Flash plug-in.
The updat will affect a number of system components and are deemed critical. One example of this would be a bug in CoreGraphics that has been described as “viewing a maliciously crafted image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution”.
Even though the bugs that were identified are not at the level where remote users can gain access to your system even without any user interaction, it is still best to update your Macs immediately.