Apple has patched a huge number of security flaws in its latest security update released yesterday.

March 19, 2008
URL:http://www.drdobbs.com/web-development/apple-releases-huge-security-update/206904723

Apple yesterday released Security Update 2008-002 and an update to its Safari browser for both Mac OS X and Windows Vista. Both updates together patch nearly 90 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, Safari, and third-party applications.

Many of the repairs in Safari add additional URL validation to foil cross-site scripting. One issue (labeled CVE-2008-1010) dealt with a buffer overflow in WebKit's handling of JavaScript regexes, a flaw that could allow arbitrary code execution.

Approximately 20 of the fixes in Security Update 2008-002 deal with ClamAV, a third-party antivirus application that shipped with OS X Server 10.5.

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