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To: Done, gone. who wrote (44527)	5/4/2005 11:40:38 AM
From: William F. Wager, Jr.	Respond to of 213172

Apple patches a batch of Mac OS X flaws... Published: May 4, 2005, 7:29 AM PDT By Dawn Kawamoto Staff Writer, CNET News.com Apple Computer on Tuesday released 20 patches for its OS X operating system designed to fix flaws that could catch users off-guard. The vulnerabilities apply to Mac OS X v10.3.9 and Mac OS X Server 10.3.9, according to Apple's advisory. The announcement comes roughly a month after Apple issued nearly a dozen patches for its Mac OS. The advisory also falls just days after Apple's much ballyhooed release of the latest version of its operating system, Mac OS X 10.4, widely known as Tiger. The patches do not apply to that release. Security company Secunia on Wednesday rated Apple's OS X flaws as "highly critical." Among the flaws of greatest concern is a vulnerability in the OS X AppKit that relates to the handling of TIFF graphics files. "If people view a malicious TIFF, it could result in running arbitrary code," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia. "TIFF is usually viewed as safe form to view things, so this makes it more critical." Another issue of concern is an AppleScript flaw. If users visit a Web site and accept AppleScript from that site, they could find it executing different code than they had expected, Kristensen added. A flaw affecting the Apache Web server, meanwhile, could allow a buffer overflow in the htdigest program, which if used improperly in a CGI application could in turn allow a remote system attack. Secunia downplayed the Apache flaw. "Apache is an important bug fix, but it would be unusually difficult to exploit and it would need an unusual configuration," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia. Two vulnerabilities were also found in the operating system's Bluetooth wireless capabilities. One could allow files to be shared without properly notifying the user, while another could be used by a malicious attacker to access files outside the default file exchange directory via the Bluetooth file and object exchange services. Another flaw could allow directory services to be altered to give privileges to someone who is unauthorized to have them, according to the advisory. Apple's OS X patch announcement also includes fixes for Finder, Foundation, Help Viewer, LDAP, libXpm, lukemftpd, NetInfo, Server Admin, sudo, Terminal and VPN. The computer maker recently moved to a system in which it issues monthly patch release announcements, a practice employed by other software makers, such as Microsoft. docs.info.apple.com news.com.com

To: Done, gone. who wrote (44527)	5/4/2005 5:59:39 PM
From: Murrey Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213172

Michal, I suspect I am the villain of my own typography gluttony. Because of what I do, I like to have about 250 of my favorites at my beck and call. And, of course, when I'm working on a 75 MB PhotoShop file, there's a little lag time when the apps try to clipboard between one another. ;-)

To: Done, gone. who wrote (44527)	5/4/2005 9:30:02 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213172

>>I received and installed Tiger on Monday. I have a G 5 Dual 2.5 with 2.5G of RAM and this IS a problem for me. I work mainly with Adobe CS. When I switch between Illustrator, InDesign and PhotoShop, the delays are there and are VERY annoying and slow the work flow down significantly. Been looking for this problem since I read about it and installed Tiger on both my antique G3 iBooks. But, don't see it happening to me, at all. In fact -- surprisingly -- the machines seem to be operating a tad faster than they were with Panther. Go figure...<< Michal - I haven't seen this slowdown problem either, on my dual G5 or my PowerBook G4 (a paltry 500Mhz). There have been a couple of very little glitchy things. For one thing, QuickTime 7 is great, but it seems that the Safari/QuickTime integration is a little funky. Some sites won't show me QuickTime though they did so reliably before the upgrade. With any major OS upgrade, I expect some compatibility problems. Happens with new versions of Windows and Linux, too. But I would expect new versions of QuickTime and Safari to play well together. Ah, well. - Allen