Oct 10 2008
Apple posts Security Update 2008-007
There are few things more boring than a security update, so let’s get this over with quickly: all at once like ripping off a band-aid.
Apple has issued Security Update 2008-007, addressing vulnerabilities in Apache 2.2.8, Root certificates, ClamAV 0.93.3, ColorSync, Finder, launchd, libxslt, MySQL 5.0.45, Networking, PHP 4.4.8, Postfix, PSNormalizer, QuickLook, rlogin, Script Editor, Single Sign-On, Tomcat, vim and Weblog. If you really want to know all the nastiness that might befall you if you don’t apply this update, read here.
To apply Security Update 2008-007, launch Software Update or click the appropriate link below to download and self-medicate:
- Security Update 2008-007 Server (Universal)
- Security Update 2008-007 Server (PPC)
- Security Update 2008-007 Client (PPC)
- Security Update 2008-007 Client (Intel)
- Security Update 2008-007 Server (Leopard)
- Security Update 2008-007 Client (Leopard)
Note:
Considering Apple makes a big deal about the security of their products as well as that they are so simple to use they don’t need to be accompanied by manuals, it might seem a little ironic that they have issued this 240-page manual entitled “
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