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Security Update 2003-08-14 Released

Posted by pudge on from the if-you-can-read-this-you-are-not-in-nyc dept.

Delta-9 writes "Today, Apple released Security Update 2003-08-14, which 'addresses a potential vulnerability in the fb_realpath() function which could allow a local or remote user to gain unauthorized root privileges to a system.'" It's on Software Update, and will likely soon appear on the support downloads page.

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  1. Re:Some info about the vulnerability by zpok · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The advisory was posted some full two weeks ago, meaning that Apple was not as quick to respond as they normally are.

    The East Coast has reverted to the stone age, my Windows machine is insulting me, but there's Apple with another Security Update for a *potential* weakness...

    Damn, you've got to admire their timing ;-)

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