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Apple Forcing Panther Upgrade for Security Patch

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-a-bit-stingy dept.

The Raindog writes "I noticed over at Tech Report that Apple is apparently only offering its latest round of OS X security fixes to Panther users, leaving older versions of OS X out in the cold. " Update: 10/31 by J : But see the next day's story.

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  1. Bugtraq links by chennes · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here are the bugtraq links to the specific vulnerabilities:

    Arbitrary File Overwrite via Core Files
    Systemic Insecure File Permissions
    Long argv[] buffer overflow

    If it is going to be Apple's policy to not provide support for previous operating systems from the day the new one comes out it is going to be very, very difficult for them to break into the enterprise world. Even Microsoft provides support for operating systems for a few years after the new one is released. Maybe if enough people submit a bug report Apple will do something about it.

  2. Re:As a long time Mac user, I'm not surprised. by bizard · · Score: 5, Informative
    I can't remember anytime Apple has ever released an update for a non-current version of MacOS.
    actually, apple has been releasing 10.1 security patches all through the 10.2 lifespan. In addition they have been patching Mac OS 9 as well. This would truly be a change of attitude if it is true, but I imagine there will be enough hue and cry to fix it.