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Apple moves to monthly patch cycle?

By Robert Vamosi, CNET News.com
June 22, 2007
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Apple-moves-to-monthly-patch-cycle-/0,130061744,339278936,00.htm


The Mac maker patched its operating system again this week, which is the sixth time in the past six months.

Apple also announced Mac OS X 10.4.10 along with the security update.

The updated Mac OS includes fixes for Bluetooth and USB connections, addresses a vulnerability in IPv6 along with several minor enhancements of the operating system.

It affects users of Mac OS X 10.4 and later, and is available from within Mac OS X via the software update pane in system preferences, or from Apple's software downloads page.

The patch addresses the vulnerability detailed within CVE-2007-2242. Successful exploitation could lead to remote denial-of-service attacks.


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