Latest Apple security fix list tackles at least 15 flaws that could leave Mac users at risk.
Though Apple's Mac OS X operating system itself is not open source, it does include many components that are -- which also means that it's potentially susceptible to the same vulnerabilities that have affect open source projects.
As a result, open source applications in particular are strongly represented on the list of patched items in Apple's latest security update, 2008-007.
Among the open source applications patched in the update is the Apache Web server. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is updating Mac users to Apache HTTP version 2.29 from the 2.28 version that had potential Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issues.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Apple Updates to Fix Open Source Security Issues
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