Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities

["Thor Larholm" <thor () pivx com>]

I couldn't find any security contacts on apple.com that didn't look fee-based so
I am asking here in response to these latest disclosures of security
vulnerabilities in Mac OS X.

When most vendors are notified of security vulnerabilities in their products,
they produce a patch for the affected versions of the software and distribute it
for free. Does Apple plan to distribute a free patch for these security
vulnerabilities to Mac OS X 10.2, or will my clients have to spend $129 per
workstation (the single user upgrade price) to have their Apple computer stay
secure?


Regards
Thor Larholm
PivX Solutions, LLC - Senior Security Researcher
http://pivx.com/larholm/ - Get our research, join our mailinglist


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "@stake Advisories" <advisories () atstake com>

> Subject: Mac OS X Long argv[] buffer overflow
> This is fixed in Mac OS X 10.3
<snip http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342735/2003-10-25/2003-10-31/0>

> Mac OS X Systemic Insecure File Permissions
> This is fixed in Mac OS X 10.3
<snip http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342725/2003-10-25/2003-10-31/0>

> Mac OS X Arbitrary File Overwrite via Core Files
> This is fixed in Mac OS X 10.3
<snip http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342730/2003-10-25/2003-10-31/0>