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Apple Releases Mac OS X Patches

Posted by michael on from the little-dutch-boy dept.

phoric writes "According to eWeek, Apple has released security patches to fix 16 'highly critical' holes, one-third of which deal with the open-source Apache web server. Several of the fixes address exploits such as the bypassing of security restrictions, spoofing, and potential DoS attacks."

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  1. Cool! by wizbit · · Score: 4, Funny
    Apple has released security patches to fix 16 'highly critical' holes, one-third of which deal with the open-source Apache web server


    I've never used Software Update to apply 5.333 fixes before. This should be fun.
  2. Re:Any exploits "in the wild"? by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep: Virtual PC.

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    A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
  3. Re:Snappier! by 42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe it is just because you rebooted! ;)