It’s the bug fixes that make a difference. Late Tuesday, Google released a beta of version 23.0.1271.64 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 56.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Medium CVE-2012-5127: Integer overflow leading to out-of-bounds read in WebP handling. Credit to Phil Turnbull. – High CVE-2012-5116: Use-after-free in […]
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You can’t knock a timely security update. On Thursday, Apple released Safari 6.0.2, an update to its web browser. The new version, a 40.2 megabyte download, includes the following fixes and new features: – Safari 6.0.2 is a security update for which complete details can be found here. Safari 6.0.2 requires an Intel-based Mac running […]
On Monday, Adobe released Flash Player 11.4.402.287 for Mac OS X, a 11.9 megabyte download via MacUpdate. The new version is for Adobe Flash Player 11.4.402.265 and earlier versions and adds the following fixes and changes: – Fixes for critical vulnerabilities identified in Security Bulletin APSB12-22. Flash Player 11.4.402.287 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac […]
You can’t go wrong with a timely security update. Late Wednesday, Apple released Security Update 2012-004, the company’s most recent security update for its Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) operating systems. The update, a 2.36 megabyte download, offers a series of fixes and changes detailed here. Security Update 2012-004 requires an Intel-based Mac running […]
If there’s a Java update out there, it might be worth snagging. Per the cool cats at The Mac Observer, Apple updated Java for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion Wednesday with the release of Java for OS X 2012-005 along with the release of Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10. The […]