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Security Update 2004-08-09 Now Available

Along with the latest system update made available earlier today, Apple has released a security update to address a recent issue regarding a security breach in Safari. The breach affects Safari and Mozilla-based browsers, including Camino & Firefox and their handling of .png (portable network graphic) graphic files. The Security Update is available via Software Update. A standard download version is not yet available.

Security Update 2004-08-09 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components:

libpng (Portable Network Graphics)

For detailed information on this Update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798


The 2004-08-09 Security Update is included in the 10.3.5 update package, or as a stand alone download.

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98 months ago
On topic--how long before its pulled?

Damn you guys are fast!!
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98 months ago
I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but do any of you think that Safari is becoming the Internet Explorer of Windows??
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98 months ago
Since when is Safari Mozilla-based? It uses KHTML, not Gecko. Or if the app itself is "Mozilla-based" then how so?

edit: never mind, the original post on the front page said "Mozilla-based browsers, including Safari, Camino, [...]" but that has since been fixed.
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98 months ago

I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but do any of you think that Safari is becoming the Internet Explorer of Windows??


This "vulnerability" had nothing to do with Apple, and they've applied the fix very very quickly. In addition, it's system-wide.

So no, I don't.

AppleMatt
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98 months ago

Since when is Safari Mozilla-based? It uses KHTML, not Gecko. Or if the app itself is "Mozilla-based" then how so?


I edited the frontpage directly after this - you're right - it's KHTML, not Mozilla based (although the render engines are similar)
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98 months ago
Grab it jsut now with upgrade to 10.3.5... :D

Also got an update called iPhoto 2.0.1.... haven't seen any mention of this... didn't buy iLife cos I'm a cheapskate...
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98 months ago
Was this included in the 10.3.5 update? i'm not seeing it in my software update...

Lee Tom
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98 months ago

Grab it jsut now with upgrade to 10.3.5... :D

Also got an update called iPhoto 2.0.1.... haven't seen any mention of this... didn't buy iLife cos I'm a cheapskate...


yep, i get a iphoto 2.01 upgrade as well. probably just a performance update. looks like some significant underpinning updates with this one.
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98 months ago

Was this included in the 10.3.5 update? i'm not seeing it in my software update...

Lee Tom


It was included - the only way you'd see it in SWU is if you didn't already install 10.3.5

frontpage edited to reflect this.
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98 months ago

Was this included in the 10.3.5 update? i'm not seeing it in my software update...

Yes, just confirmed that. Installing the Mac OS X update will remove the security update from Software Update.
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