Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

[Mandrake]

[quote]Apple has dropped another mega-patch to cover a total of 58 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Mac OS X ecosystem.

The majority of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system, meaning that this update carries an “extremely critical rating.â€

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[Mandrake]

Surely not! I thought only Windows PCs suffered from security vulnerabilities like this. Come to think of it, when was the last time Microsoft patched FIFTY EIGHT security vulnerabilities at once?

Now imagine what would happen if more than 90% of users used this OS rather than the 4 -> 5% of the market that does actually use Mac OS X.

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[Antony]

Thanks Mandrake, except you forgot to mention this patch is [sdt=16130]Mac OS X 10.6.2 or Security Update 2009-006 for Tiger[/sdt] users.

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