Apple moves to monthly patch cycle?

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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