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Article: Apple Ships 41 Patches for Tiger, Leopard; The company corrects several high-risk issues that Apple warns can lead to "unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution."
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- eWeek
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- December 18, 2007
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Apple has shipped a major security update to correct at least 41 vulnerabilities affecting users of its flagship Mac operating system.
With Security Update 2007-009, the Cupertino, Calif., vendor corrects multiple critical flaws that could allow malicious hackers to take complete control of Mac OS X (Tiger and Leopard) machines.
A separate security update was also released to patch a solitary information disclosure hole in Safari 3 for Windows Beta. The Safari patch affects both Windows XP and Windows Vista systems.
The Mac fixes--available for Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Mac OS X v10.5.1 (desktop and server)--corrects several high-risk issues that Apple warns can lead to "unexpected ...