CUPERTINO, Ca. – Attack code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer’s Mac OS X was publicly released last week, increasing the urgency to patch.
The code’s arrival comes just a day after Apple made an update available for its operating system. The malicious program takes advantage of a locally exploitable vulnerability in an operating system component called “launched.?
A week ago, Apple delivered Mac OS X 10.4.7. The operating system update repairs a total of five flaws. Four of them affect both the client version of Mac OS X. The other, in the ClamAV antivirus software, has an impact on the server release.
Apple is recommending that people install all updates when they’re issued to keep their software fully up to date.
Mac OS X and spreads using an 8-month-old vulnerability in Apple’s Bluetooth software. His actions are in part to demonstrate that Apple software is not unbreakable.
Apple users can download Mac OS X 10.4.7 through Software Update or the standalone installer. Typically, the Mac OS automatically checks for updates once a week.
