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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:score 1 for apple. by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm glad they responded to this quickly, but more glad that sendmail is not enabled by default, and that they try to take minimal security risks on a basic install by turning off a lot of stuff most desktop users don't need. On another note, I am impatient for a fix for the annoying 1969 time/date bug; the workaround they posted is weak.