Apple patched a serious flaw in Mac OS X

Apple has just fixed 10 vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system that has been rated seriously by security vendors.

Patch (patch) for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, and is currently available atApple website.Although there have been no reports of the latest vulnerability exploitation in Mac OS X, both Symantec and the French security organization have acknowledged that the vulnerability is serious and users need to install it. patch immediately.

According to Symantec's warning, new vulnerabilities in Mac OS X could allow hackers to remotely attack the affected system.The attack capability can simply be triggered by e-mail attached to the image.

Through this method, hackers can initiate a buffer overflow in ImageIO, a Java tool used to display images, which in turn facilitates an attacker to execute binary code.It is known that some Mac OS X components such as WebCore, Safari browser . use ImageIO.

The bug fixes for Mac OS X include: Ruby, QuickDraw Manager, QuickTime for Java and SecurityAgent.A flaw in the system's Authorization Services identification service can allow lower-level users to gain higher privileges.With administrative rights captured, an attacker can interact with the file or perform malicious actions remotely.