[Macpartners] Mac OS X 10.2.8 is now available

[Roger A. Roach]

I think you mean the 10.2.8 updater.  I installed it when it became
available.  It did lock up my Mac just before asking me to restart the
machine.  I reinstalled it OK and I don't see any problems (yet). Too bad
there is no way to backout an update.

Roger

> This afternoon, Apple pulled the 10.2.6 updater citing several 
> networking issues seemingly related to the upgrade.
> 
> Stan
> On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 11:00  PM, Albert Willis wrote:
> 
> > Mac OS X 10.2.8 was released by Apple earlier today. Mac OS X 10.2.8 
> > provides enhanced functionality and improved reliability for the 
> > following applications, services and technologies: Audio, Bluetooth, 
> > Classic compatibility, Finder, Graphics, LDAP, Power Management, 
> > Safari, and FireWire and USB device compatibility.
> >
> > Besides these enhancements and bug fixes, there are a number of 
> > security updates as well:
> >
> > OpenSSH:  Addresses CAN-2003-0693, CAN-2003-0695, and CAN-2003-0682 to 
> > fix buffer management errors in OpenSSH's sshd versions prior to 3.7.1
> >
> > sendmail:  Addresses CAN-2003-0694 and CAN-2003-0681 to fix a buffer 
> > overflow in address parsing, as well as a potential buffer overflow in 
> > ruleset parsing.
> >
> > fb_realpath():  Fixes CAN-2003-0466 which is an off-by-one error in 
> > the fb_realpath() function that may allow attackers to execute 
> > arbitrary code.
> >
> > arplookup():  Fixes CAN-2003-0804.  The arplookup() function caches 
> > ARP requests for routes on a local link.  On a local subnet only, it 
> > is possible for an attacker to send a sufficient number of spoofed ARP 
> > requests which will exhaust kernel memory, leading to a denial of 
> > service.
> >
> > More details on the update are available at 
> > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25524.
> >
> > Currently, the update to Mac OS X 10.2.8 is available only by using 
> > Software Update. As usual, you may wish to try this out on a test 
> > machine before updating production machines to ensure that there 
> > aren't compatibility issues.
> >
> >   -- Al
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Albert Willis
> > Macintosh Platform Coordinator
> > Software Release Team
> > MIT Information Systems
> >
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