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October 3, 2006
OS X Exploit Out
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on October 3, 2006 at 3:13:27 AM
There is a so-called Zero Day exploit for the Mac floating about. There is a patch from Apple's updater. Get it now.
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The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a user gain additional privileges. Apple provided a fix for the error-handling mechanism of the kernel last week, but the exploit appears to have been authored before then. "It appears to have been written well before the vulnerability was fixed," said Dino Dai Zovi, a researcher with Matasano Security who was credited by Apple with discovering the flaw when the patch was released. "It appears to be a zero-day exploit and may have been distributed before the patch was released."
August 2, 2006
Apple Patches 26 Flaws
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on August 2, 2006 at 12:15:46 PM
Get your software update working. Apple has released patches for a new batch of flaws. And remember, just because you run a non-Windows OS does not mean you are immune to problems.
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The bulk of the Mac OS X flaws affect both the client and server versions of the operating system. Attackers could exploit several of the vulnerabilities, specifically those related to image processing and file compression, by crafting malicious files and tricking people into opening them, Apple said. This attack method is seen often on computers that run Microsoft's Windows operating system. Other flaws could expose user data, let a malicious user gain elevated privileges on a system running Mac OS X, or cause a crash, Apple said.
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