Apple Releases Godzilla-Sized Security Patch

November 19th, 2007

Microsoft ‘s Patch Tuesday was rather uneventful this month, but Apple’s latest release of security fixes on Wednesday was anything but light. In all, Apple patched 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and related software.The company released an update for Tiger, fixed 10 bugs in the Windows version of Safari, and upgraded several other third-party applications. In the eyes of Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at security research firm Sophos, Wednesday’s release was a Godzilla-sized security update that exceeded about 130 MB in size.

The update includes 15 critical fixes to patch vulnerabilities that Apple said could open the door for “arbitrary code execution” that leaves a Mac compromised. More than two dozen other patches fixed vulnerabilities that could crash the OS or applications, allow malicious Web sites to do drive-by downloads, poison the machine’s DNS cache, or allow hackers to steal information or search for files on the victim’s hard drive.

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