Apple fixes several security bugs in Mac OS X - SSO-AL2009-040

06 August 2009

Software affected

for the following operating system platforms:

Mac OS X 10.5.7 and prior
Mac OS X 10.4.11 and prior
Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 and prior
Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 and prior

What is the problem?

There are several bugs in Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11, Mac OS X Server 10.5.7 and prior, which if not fixed could result in your computer being attacked by criminals.

Your personal and/or business information may be accessed for fraudulent or illegal purposes (eg, identity theft).

Your computer might crash and become unusable.

What we recommend you do

Apple has released an update (2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8) for Mac OS X to solve the issues.

Setting up automatic updates of your computer’s operating system (which is on by default in Mac OS X) will save you time and reduce the risk to you and your files.  

Information about how to do this can be found here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1338

Where you can find more information

For more information (and manual installation/downloading of the patches) visit:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Or

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757

For more information about general Mac OS X security visit the Apple Mac security guides.

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