Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

2 of 74 comments (clear)

  1. jeezus smeezus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    C'mon guys, I have the Jobs shrine in my bedroom closet like the rest of you, but apple (and everybody else) had WEEKS to prepare for the announcement today.

    Hell, even if they did put out the fix on short notice, is that newsworthy? that's EXPECTED!

    And I notice it included the recent OpenSSL fix from a few days ago. What took them so long on THAT one? (I know, they were waiting for today's announcement to do them together. But why didn't they just release two seperate fixes?)

    Let's not take the apple worship TOO far.

  2. Patch too quick? by jilbert · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have installed it, restarted, but it came up on Software Update again. So I installed it, restared, and it is still there on Software Update! Maybe they should have tested it a bit more before pushing it out of the door? (Or there is something weird with my Mac.)