Apple Ships OSX 10.5.3

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Apple Ships OSX 10.5.3

Posted on 29 May 2008, at 9:00 am, by Christopher Spera

If you’re a Mac user, and there are a growing number of us these days, then you probably know that Apple shipped Security Update 2008-003 (Mac OS X 10.5.3) yesterday with fixes for a wide range of serious vulnerabilities (it includes 41 fixes) that could put users at risk of information disclosure, denial-of-service and remote code execution attacks.

This one is important, folks, so if you haven’t installed it already, then you either need to click the link above and download it, or run Software Update from the Apple menu and run the Software Update tool manually.

I’m not going to bore everyone with all of the gory details on what this thing contains (I actually don’t have the time, as I am at work and need to get back to it; BUT thought this important enough to let everyone know…), because I just don’t have the time. However, if you have a Mac, and don’t have it installed, you best get to clickin’.

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Christopher Gavula Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 10:25 am
There are actually 2 different updates here:

There is Security Update 2008-003, which is for people who are NOT updating to 10.5.3, and then there is the 10.5.3 update (via software update or via Combo Updater).

The 10.5.3 update also includes the Security Update 2008-003 so both are not needed if you are going to do the 10.5.3 update which includes a lot of non-security related updates as well.

If you’re a Mac user, at minimum, you should consider applying the Security Update to your system if you aren’t already going to update to 10.5.3.
Christopher Spera Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Thanks for the clarification, Chris. I really appreciate it. I know I will be installing this update later today, if I can get an internet connection for my MBP here at the office.
Judie Lipsett Says:
May 29th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I just updated both of my Macs (feels weird to say that!). Thanks for the reminder Chris.

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