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Apple Fixes Safari "Carpet Bomb" Windows Vulnerability

Posted by kdawson on from the no-more-carpet-tax dept.

Titoxd writes "Apple has released a new version of Safari that fixes the carpet bomb vulnerability in Safari 3.1 for Windows. This comes in the heels of Microsoft recommending against using Safari in Windows, as well as the release of code exploiting this vulnerability."

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  1. Re:But did they fix the real bug? by tokul · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did they fix the bug where Safari installs as an iTunes update?
    New (released more than one month ago) Apple Software Update has two sections. One for updates and other for new software. When Safari was introduced, Software Update had only one section.