http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9127939 By Gregg Keizer February 12, 2009 Computerworld Apple Inc. today issued multiple updates for Mac OS X and Java that patched 55 bugs, including one for its Safari Web browser that prompted a security researcher to blast the company for a half-hearted approach to security. The updates were the largest released by Apple in nearly a year. The year's first bug updates from Apple patched 48 security vulnerabilities in the company's operating system and its components, four in Apple's implementation of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java, two non-security flaws it admitted it had introduced with faulty code in Mac OS X 10.5.6, and one fix it said was a "proactive security measure." The majority of the bugs -- 32 altogether -- were in open-source components or software not originally crafted by Apple, as in the case of the quartet of Java flaws. But the Safari vulnerability may be the one most people remember. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Thu Feb 12 2009 - 23:07:27 PST
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