Mac OS X Security Update 2004-04-05

[MacRumors]

Apple has released a new Security Update today:

Security Update 2004-04-05 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: CUPS Printing, libxml2, Mail, OpenSSL

Available in Software Update.

 

[jimsowden]

Apple has released a new Security Update today:



Available in Software Update.

Go security update

 

[miloblithe]

Wahoo! A security update. I love updates.

 

[Viv]

Works for me, nothing bad has happened yet anyway

Viv

 

[cjc343]

installed and running..... no problems yet....

 

[sabbath999]

Ok, now it's time for the weekly

Ok, now it's time for the weekly comments:

"Man, since we have a software update, we must be getting new xxxxxx on Tuesday!"

 

[caveman_uk]

800MHz G3 ibook - no problems....just about to update Powermac.

 

[fatfish]

Security/Printing

Could some one explain to me, if this is a security update why there would be a component related to printing.

 

[stcanard]

Could some one explain to me, if this is a security update why there would be a component related to printing.

Two possiblities immediately jump to mind:

1) Networked printers
2) Local privilige escalation

 

[titaniumducky]

Could some one explain to me, if this is a security update why there would be a component related to printing.

"Security Update" is the general name given to any miscellaneous update.

 

[Snowy_River]

Ok, now it's time for the weekly comments:

"Man, since we have a software update, we must be getting new xxxxxx on Tuesday!"

Man, since we have a software update, we must be getting new Dual 3GHz PowerBook G5s tomorrow!

He he he he....

 

[tveric]

Ok, now it's time for the weekly comments:

"Man, since we have a software update, we must be getting new xxxxxx on Tuesday!"

Hey, if we get a software update today, doesn't that mean new G5s on Tuesday?

 

[Waragainstsleep]

Buffer Overflow

Any software using Memory (Which covers most software) can be exploited to cause buffer overflow errors which can be used to hack a machine.
There are probably other reasons why in theory, any piece of software can cause a potential security risk.

 

[jettredmont]

Could some one explain to me, if this is a security update why there would be a component related to printing.

CUPS printing opens up a port on your computer for communications, including modifying your printing settings. There have been a few security fixes with CUPs in the past if I recall.

For giggles, go to http://localhost:631/ ... that's the CUPS way to configure printing ...

 

[numediaman]

Hey, if we get a software update today, doesn't that mean new G5s on Tuesday?

Yes. The only question is which Tuesday. I vote for the first Tuesday of a month that begins with J, or maybe A, or maybe S, or maybe . . .

 

[simX]

Yes. The only question is which Tuesday. I vote for the first Tuesday of a month that begins with J, or maybe A, or maybe S, or maybe . . .

Yeah!! The first Tuesday of a month that begins with an A!! That means tomorrow!!

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[Dave_B]

Is Safari updated?

The update talks about open ssl.

Does this mean that Safari will no longer crash when connected via https ?

 

[jcshas]

Ran it on both of my Mac's ibook G3 800, Powermac dual 867....no problems here.

 

[Snowy_River]

Yeah!! The first Tuesday of a month that begins with an A!! That means tomorrow!!

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Or August?

 

[MacNut]

Or maybe April 2005

 

[neonart]

It's very interesting that this French site had posted this update a few days ago.

http://croquer.free.fr/

They have a bunch of rumors that are quite juicy...

 

[mattmack]

Ran it on both of my Mac's ibook G3 800, Powermac dual 867....no problems here.

Only prob I had was a lockup on initial restart, but a hard restart fixed it.

 

[realityisterror]

i only like these updates that require a restart because they give me an excuse to run cocktail and SOX.... but that's a good thing....

reality

 

[Low]

woohoo! security update!! wait..starting to feel like windows a bit..security update here, security update there...

 

[amnesiac1984]

Yes. The only question is which Tuesday. I vote for the first Tuesday of a month that begins with J, or maybe A, or maybe S, or maybe . . .

Hmm no your wrong, it'll be the third tuesday!