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Apple Patches Sendmail Bug Quickly

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmmm-ail dept.

90XDoubleSide writes "Apple has released Security Update 2003-03-03 (available through Software Update) which addresses the sendmail vulnerability reported earlier today, and includes a newer version of OpenSSL. Seems that Apple is getting much faster with their patches."

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  1. Re:Why Wait? by dago · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Of course, this only works if you have access to it from the outside"

    If you don't have access to your box from the outside ...

    • Nobody has access to it -> no need to update now
    • Use the sendmail vulnerability, got root and update


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    #include "coucou.h"
  2. Hmmmm... by FireBreathingDog · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder how long it'll take Microsoft to issue their patch for sendmail...

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    Shame on Google.
  3. Whoa... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Apple has released Security Update 2002-03-03 (available through Software Update) which addresses the sendmail vulnerability reported earlier today, [...]


    Wow, Apple actually patched the hole a year before it was discovered! Time travel?

    1. Re:Whoa... by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny
      Wow, Apple actually patched the hole a year before it was discovered! Time travel?

      Yeah, man. They even posted a first post to this discussion about it, but it got moderated "Troll."

  4. Yay! Update! by tuxedobob · · Score: 2, Funny

    I needed an excuse to reboot my iBook.

    Is anyone else unnerved when there are no new updates for a while? To anything?

  5. Re:score 1 for apple. by am46n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everybody knows that when macs forget the time they should reset to 1904, not 1970!