Apple Security Update 008

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10.5.6 was released Monday afternoon in combination with Apple Security Update 008. The security update is also available separately for Tiger, 10.4. You grab them via Software Update within Mac OS X or download them from Apple's website.

Here are some highlights:

- ATS (Apple Type Services) bug/security update. 10.5 only.

- BOM (Bill of Materials) security update.

- CoreGraphics security update.

- CoreServices security update to prevent web hijacking of a user's credentials.

- CoreTypes security update. Adds further file types to its Internet download warning list. 10.5 only.

- FlashPlayer Plug-in security update.

- Kernel security update. 10.5 only.

- LibSystem:

• - Security update to the inet_net_pton API.
• - Security update to the strptime API.
• - Security update to the strfmon API.

- Managed Client bug/security update. 10.5 only.

- network_cmds bug/security update.

- Podcast Producer security update. 10.5 Server only.

- UDF (Universal Disk Format) ISO (International Standards Organization disk image) handling bug/security update.

Details regarding 10.5.6 can be found over at my MacSmarticles blog.
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