[X-Newbies] MAC VIRUS

[J]

Ok I saw this statement below on Apple's website and thought it  
referred to the fix, is all! Perhaps it doesn't!
Must you make a federal case out of that?
This was what I was talking about from the site:
"This document describes the security content of the Mac OS X 10.4.5  
update, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update  
preferences, or from Apple Downloads."

I am not saying I absolutely am telling people this or that, I am  
saying I saw the above and what does it mean in relation to this bug?

I have never told anyone NOT to get the fix for the virus....I'm  
trying to find out the best way for them to do it.

I thought this was a discussion list. 'Statements' will from now on  
have a ? after them to make sure they are understood by everyone to  
be something I am exploring as well as a WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? in  
caps. How's that?

<sigh>


On Feb 18, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Norman Cohen wrote:

> I'm up to date on all the updates on all my machines.
>
> From Apple's website <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html? 
> artnum=303290>, the security fix listed for 10.4.5 is:
>
> Mac OS X 10.4.5 Update
>
> Kernel
> CVE-ID: CVE-2006-0382
> Available for: Mac OS X 10.4.5, Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
> Impact: A malicious local user can cause a system crash
> Description: A malicious local user may trigger a system crash by  
> invoking an undocumented system call. This update addresses the  
> issue by removing the system call from the kernel. Credit to David  
> Goldsmith of Matasano for reporting this issue.
>
>
> I just wanted to confirm that the 10.4.5 update (which was in the  
> works long before the worm became an issue) does NOT provide  
> protection. It would be bad for the Newbies on this list to think  
> otherwise. Your original post seemed to indicate that 10.4.5  
> provided protection for this specific threat, and that doesn't  
> appear to be so.
>
> As mentioned previously, those interested (and who shouldn't be)  
> should refer to Kirk and Rob's very nice article at MacWorld, the  
> information at Ambrosia and perhaps the information at the various  
> virus protection software sites for methods to protect themselves  
> from this issue.
>
> Norm
>
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> On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:13 AM, J wrote:
>
>> Apple is very coy about it and only says 'security' patches...so I  
>> would just do it.
>
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