Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:51 AM Don

Apple closes holes in Mac OS X, Safari

Apple plugged 25 security holes in components of its Mac OS X operating system on Monday, closing remote execution vulnerabilities in its Safari Web browser and the Ruby Web programming language.

The software patch -- the fourth this year for Apple's Mac OS X -- also fixed flaws in the open-source Apache Tomcat Java server, Apple's VPN client, the operating system's screen lock, and the handling of potentially unsafe types of content. While the open-source Apache Tomcat server racked up the most vulnerabilities, the most severe issues affect the Ruby Web programming language, WebKit library for Safari, and Mac OS X core library functions.

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/767

Filed under: