1.4.6 system crash with mathematica

If have installed the new security update on my MacBook Pro. I have not ahd any boot problems like the ones many have had.
I have been using Mathematica 4.1, for ppc, for a logn time and it has been working well on the new Macbook too.
After the security update I can start the Mathematica frontend, and I can run the kernel in command line version in the terminal. However when I try to do a calcualtion using the frontend, as one normally do, it tires to start the kernel and then the whole system freezes. I can move the mouse but nothing else works and I have to reboot the machine. It happens exaclty the same way every time I try it.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I'm having the same problem (but with Mathematica 4.2). It really is a disturbing bug: though the system responds to pings one cannot even enter via the back door (ssh) to see what's wrong.
There is now a page on the Mathematica website (http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/macintosh/conflicts/42onintelmac. html) that confirms that it results from an issue with Security Update 2006-003 (Intel).
It also claims that Apple has released a new security update that solves the problem, but Software Update doesn't signal anything new...
Has anyone more information about this reported solution?
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