Apple just released a big old pile of patches for the security-burdened Leopard and Tiger operating systems. Among the addressed problems:
- Address Book
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution - CFNetwork
Impact: Visiting a malicious website could allow the automatic download of files to arbitrary folders to which the user has write permission - Core Foundation
Impact: Usage of CFURLWriteDataAndPropertiesToResource API may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information - Desktop Services
Impact: Opening a directory containing a maliciously-crafted .DS_Store file in Finder may lead to arbitrary code execution -
Flash Player Plug-in
Description: Adobe Flash Player is updated to version 9.0.115.0 to address CVE-2007-5476.
Further information is available via the Adobe site at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa07-05.html
Credit to Opera - GNU Tar
Impact: Extracting a maliciously crafted tar archive could overwrite arbitrary files - iChat
Impact: A person on the local network may initiate a video connection without the user’s approval - IO Storage Family
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted disk image may lead to an unexpected system shutdown or arbitrary code execution - Launch Services
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted HTML file may lead to information disclosure or cross-site scripting
Impact: Opening an executable mail attachment may lead to arbitrary code execution with no warning - Mail
Impact: SMTP accounts set up through Account Assistant may use plaintext authentication even when MD5 Challenge-Response authentication is available - Quick Look
Impact: Previewing a file with QuickLook enabled may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information
Impact: Previewing a movie file may access URLs contained in the movie - Safari
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may result in the disclosure of sensitive information - Safari RSS
Impact: Accessing a maliciously crafted feed: URL may lead to an application termination or arbitrary code execution - Samba
Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in Samba - Shockwave Plug-in
Impact: Opening maliciously crafted Shockwave content may lead to arbitrary code execution - SMB
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges - Software Update
Impact: A man-in-the-middle attack could cause Software Update to execute arbitrary commands - Spin Tracer
Impact: A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges - Spotlight
Impact: Downloading a maliciously crafted .xls file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Get a look at Apple’s full descriptions of issues and fixes at their site: Security Update 2007-009
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