Apple fixes hole with Mac OS X image viewing
Apple on Wednesday issued a security update that fixes 18 vulnerabilities including several that put computers running Mac OS X at risk of remote code execution if a maliciously crafted image is viewed.
In addition to fixing a problem with how PNG images are handled, Security Update 2009-003 fixes issues related to ImageIO's handling of OpenEXR images, EXIF metadata, as well as Canon RAW images and images with an embedded ColorSync profile.
The update, which arrives as part of the release of Mac OS X v10.5.8, extends the list of content types the Mac OS X will flag as potentially unsafe when downloaded from the Web. It also fixes a problem with how XML content is handled and resolves the way the kernel handles AppleTalk response packets.
Apple also identified and fixed a problem with MobileMe. Signing out of MobileMe does not remove all credentials and a person with access to the local user account could continue to access associated systems.
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. 
Besides, most of the problems that Apple seemed to be fixing came over from the PC side of the divide... Ho hum.
I guess that about sums it up. You need to feel like you're the champions of the world - I just want a computer that works. Who's the zealot now?
McD
"It is now."
that's until the next patch is released
Ooops, I guess they realzied they can't come up with this marketing BS if they have no engineers -- good thing Steve and his gang of retards have read Hitler's Mein Kempf...especially the section where Hitler emphises how the public is so stupid that it forgets about the lies told to them by politicians (and swindling evangelists like Jobs and his gang)
Lucky for them nobody seems to care about writing malicious software for crApple's junk because it is only used by the 2% of people out there who are still computer illiterate!
That is probably true, but it doesn't make it better.
But I thought the obsolete-out-of-the-box crApple Mac OS X, which is based on the FREE, 36 year old UNIX operating system is invulnerable to security flaws, viruses and trojan horses?
Ooops, I guess they realzied they can't come up with this marketing BS if they have no engineers -- good thing Steve and his gang of retards have read Hitler's Mein Kempf...especially the section where Hitler emphises how the public is so stupid that it forgets about the lies told to them by politicians (and swindling evangelists like Jobs and his gang)
Lucky for them nobody seems to care about writing malicious software for crApple's junk because it is only used by the 2% of people out there who are still computer illiterate!"
@jelly--Isn't that the same BS you were spewing on another post. Are you so busy trolling that you just copy and paste old hogwash. Good job. LOL!!
"especially the section where Hitler emphises how the public is so stupid that it forgets about the lies told to them by politicians (and swindling evangelists like Jobs and his gang)"
As opposed to the lies that make you confuse vulnerabilities with actual security problems!
McD
:D
That's damn FUNNY
"what can i do but laugh at those macboys...who payed 3 times more for the same machine that u can get outside of apple ..."
Except to ponder why we're laughing back at you for not realising the two machines have nothing to do with each other and how you've been distracted by Microsoft into thinking the one choice they give you (which PC to buy) has any significance at all.
At least we're both smiling!
McD
Windows 7 has one small issue trolls all over it
OSX has 18 and rarely anyone says anything.
Well you are right about that.
And Charlie Miller has stated that anti-exploit mitigation found in Windows are just too difficult to get through
Yeah but Windows has real viruses to exploit its 1 issue. OSX has none to exploit its 18
McD
Enjoy your new feature sets with windows 7, enjoy your Microsoft Stores, enjoy your re-worked WinMobile, and enjoy your Zune HD. All wouldn't exists without Apple. And you all know it.
We all love to forget about when Microsoft save their ***** from bankruptcy in the 90's don't we.
And if you honestly believe Apple or any company for that matter would continue to innovate without competition than you are a fool.
Agreed on your competition comment
regarding the "bailout"..
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/592FE887-5CA1-4F30-BD62-407362B533B9.html
enjoy
I don't think that the trolls will want to read that story.
Linux is dying, Windows is dying, OSX is dying blah blah blah, no one`s going anywhere for a loooong time
K?
Ooops, I guess they realzied they can't come up with this marketing BS if they have no engineers -- good thing Steve and his gang of retards have read Hitler's Mein Kempf...especially the section where Hitler emphises how the public is so stupid that it forgets about the lies told to them by politicians (and swindling evangelists like Jobs and his gang)
Lucky for them nobody seems to care about writing malicious software for crApple's junk because it is only used by the 2% of people out there who are still computer illiterate!
More fools we... A tech company must continue to innovate -if only to sell more stuff to its previous/existing customers. The release of a new OS is more about selling new software than keeping up with the Joneses. Apple's OS market share is tiny compared to MS/Windows' -so there really isn't "competition" between the two companies in a real sense. So why do they continue to update and innovate? To sell more stuff to those that are already in their camp.
All of the trolling around here gets to be ridiculous. It's like arguing that chocolate is a better flavor of ice cream than strawberry. It cannot be objectively measured and, in the end, other people's choices don't matter to you at all. If you prefer OS X, great. If you prefer Windows 7, great. Let's get on with life and use our computers to solve some of the world's problems instead of flinging excrement at each other like monkeys in a cage.
[CNET editor's note: Offensive language deleted.]
Now, let's all put away our claws and have a burrito or something.
Well Apple users, time to switch to Microsoft keyboard and mice (at least it has two buttons, unlike your older Apple mice)
Only two buttons! You guys are so obsolete
Well, you asked for it. It seems that so many comments after a news item just degenerate to a juvenile level. "See, Macs suck." "Well, Windows sucks worse." and on and on.
Why I remember programming on a Prime 750 minicomputer, and near my desk was a Data General with a Tektronix terminal which was used to track movements of zooplankton for a marine biologist. I enjoyed working on the Prime, but I didn't tell the scientist "DG sux, Prime is better!" You use the right tool for the job.
I use Windows, Macs and Linux systems. They each have their good points and bad points. Personally, I own both. My favorite is Mac OS X. I have a Mac Book Pro. But I bought my wife a Windows computer, because she needs to deal with the PTO, church, etc. who use MS Publisher or Lotus Smart Suite for example. One thing I like about the Mac is the interface does not get in my way. Windows seems to build all these layers between you and the computer, with multiple dialog boxes, wizards, etc. Just dealing with the Control Panel is a pain as you are presented with too many choices and decision points before you can get to what you want to configure. And adding a printer - why is a printer with a network card and an IP address not considered a network printer by the Windows printer wizard?
And any system is going to have weaknesses, because they are designed by humans who are not perfect. I am a programmer, but I spend too much time cleaning up Windows systems with viruses, trojans, worms, etc. I have yet to do this for Macs. Yes, they have problems. I have had to do clean installs. But by far, the majority of issues that I have to fix are on Windows computers. Macs have vulnerabilities, but Windows is the one with the problems.
Anyway, the sun should be coming up soon. Have a nice day.
You Mac haters keep your Windose and make sure your Virus definitions are up to date and your Spyware definitions up to date as well. Me, I will just allow Apple to find and fix any flaws they come across like in this article and not worry about the rest. Enjoy your Swiss Cheese OS MS trolls.
(I believe that tool-bars are signal handily responsible for just about all stolen passwords and userdata and virus infections.... just me though.)
- by stargatefan1 August 6, 2009 8:37 AM PDT
- i spend years with both windows and apple. i hadn't used mac for a while until recently. and wouldn't go back to windows. i got tired of all the issue with windows. and anyone who thinks one is better because of the quantity or quality of updates, does that matter? no piece of software is going to be perfect.
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