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Apple Posts Security Update for OpenSSL Vulnerability

Posted by pudge on from the secure-y-goodness dept.

mattvd writes "Apple has posted Security Update 2002-08-02. According to the release notes it 'includes the following updated components which provide increased security to prevent unauthorized access to applications, servers, and the operating system: Apache v1.3.26, OpenSSH v3.4p1, OpenSSL v0.9.6e, SunRPC, mod_ssl v2.8.10.' As usual, Apple has mirrored the MD5 checksum for the update at a secure server."

3 of 47 comments (clear)

  1. Re:My only question. by foonie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just a guess... maybe the average user doesn't know how to restart their Apache web server?

  2. Slashdot Material? by DingoFox · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Are tiny Apple security updates really Slashdot material?

    *clicks ignore next to pudge*

  3. This is pretty frequent... by BitGeek · · Score: 3, Interesting



    Seems apple is doing a patch for security once a month.

    Its really nice that they are automatically detected, and you are asked if you want to apply them.

    But is once a month too frequently? Many have their update set to check every day, so the day they release the patch, hundreds of thousands will download it all at once.

    On the downside a vulnerability could be known about for up to a month before the patch is released...

    But on the upside, these regular updates, and how they are automatically distributed, seems far better than other systems I've used.

    --
    Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/ 1816257