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Apple Posts Security Update 2005-002

Posted by pudge on from the i-am-scared dept.

thelemmings writes "Today, Apple released Security Update 2005-002 for Mac OS X. It fixes a bug in the Java 1.4.2 implementation where an untrusted applet could gain elevated privileges and potentially execute arbitrary code. Sounds scary."

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  1. Safari Popup Fix by nuxx · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also, it appears to contain a tweak to the Safari popup blocker, as it now seems to be blocking the new popunders that everyone has been clamoring about.

    This seems like a really good thing to me...

  2. Not Just Apple ... by jlrobins_uncc · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a bug which was present in Sun JVMS:

    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetke y=1-26-57591-1&searchclause=57591

    Fixed in J2SE 5, J2SE 1.4.2_06, and J2SE 1.3.1_14.