Comments on: Apple issues Mac OS X security patch

The security update addresses flaws that security firms say could allow malicious code to be run on a Mac.

MacOS X flaws

Why is a flawn informed to Apple on February and the security
patch posted May 22nd by Apple? We pay premium price every
year for a new OS cat release but Apple takes 3 months to
release a security patch?

[MacSmiley]

Does M$ do any better?

I would have liked this patch to have been issued before the
publicity about it. However, when compared to the 6 months it
can typically take Micro$oft to issue patches, which may or may
not work, which may include a change in end user terms, etc.,
Apple has a good security track record. And a security patch is
just that, no hidden agendas.

If I'm not mistaken, a vulnerability the Windows Help system
enabling remote hijacking was made public in December 2003.
Then another Help system vulnerability was publicized in April.
A patch finally was issued 10 days ago.

As soon as the vulnerabiity hit the main Mac forums, it didn't
take long for Mac enthusiasts to start posting that the "fix" that
was suggested by Secunia didn't work. Industrious Mac users
quickly came up with their own work-arounds which did disable
the Help Viewer immediately.

That kind of co-operative efforts are typical in the Mac
community. I'm glad Apple issued the patch to fix the problem
altogether just a few days later.

Not bad, as far as I'm concerned.

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It would have been helpful if you had included a link to the patch.