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Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X

Posted by timothy on from the well-it-wouldn't-be-polite-to-patch-windows dept.

Trailrunner7 writes with this snippet from ThreatPost: "Apple's first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities. The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site." Hit the link for a list of the highlights among these fixes.

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  1. Re:Twelve? by mjschultz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apple's own security update page (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4004) lists these six, where did Threatpost author get the number 12 from?

    The Flash update is actually 7 vulnerabilities.

  2. Re:Twelve? by Graff · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Flash update is actually 7 vulnerabilities.

    Moral of this story:
    Avoid Flash and you can cut the amount of vulnerabilities approximately in half!

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    Sapere aude!