Apple OSX 10.9.5? New Patch Available

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RocketCowboy

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It's not often that Apple users have to worry about security issues that the Windows guys don't, but the bash (also called shell shock) vulnerability has been causing a lot of news lately. While it's been de-escalated as most don't think we understand the full effects of it yet, Apple did release a patch today through their support site (interestingly, instead of through their software update site).

Anyway, if you're interested...

Apple releases OS X bash update 1.0 addressing Shellshock vulnerability | 9to5Mac
 
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Krs_2007

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Thanks Charlie, I was excepting it the normal way for updates. I really hate that they do it this way, but its fixed and working.
 
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alex6speed

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You'd think this would pop up on your app store. Guess critical updates don't have to be applied wide spread. It's a protection feature in Yosemite. lol
 
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RocketCowboy

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alex6speed said:
You'd think this would pop up on your app store. Guess critical updates don't have to be applied wide spread. It's a protection feature in Yosemite. lol
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I'm with you on that ... I expected it to be in the app store. There's been some interesting churn around this possible vulnerability over the past week, so I don't know if that played a part in having it be a manual download or not.
 
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alex6speed

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RocketCowboy said:
I'm with you on that ... I expected it to be in the app store. There's been some interesting churn around this possible vulnerability over the past week, so I don't know if that played a part in having it be a manual download or not.
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I guess, but better to cause a workaround to get invaded rather than have no defense. Seeing how silly it is to fool bash, I'd much rather be semi-protected.
 
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