Lastest Security Update fixes Vulnerabilities...

It looks as though Apple has indeed fixed the latest issues posted on the web over the last two weeks.
I tested the vulnerability as below, and it now fails:
http://secunia.com/macos_x_command_execution_vulnerabilitytest/
Scott

Yes, you're right - I don't know what else they can do besides disable the auto-launch and offer a warning that a "jpg" is an application!
Computer users have to take responsibility at some point...if you don't put oil in your car's engine, it will burn out too!
Scott

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Security Update Fix!

Greetings All;
After applying Joesph Morris, Rob Uchtman and Jordon Bellanti's Rosetta fix (see attached link) my Photoshop (v.8) as well as AppleWorks and my older version of Filemaker Pro (v.6) are now working normally! Kudos to you guys for an incredible job! All the best to you...
Here's the link to the file: http://www.educate-it.org/content.php?130-Rosetta-Issue-after-Security-Update-20 12-001
Syd Rodocker
iTunes U Administrator
Tennessee State Department of Education
Tennessee's Electronic Learning Center

Kappy is correct, I know people are out looking for a quick fix and it might work or not, but with Apple's products it's sometimes best to do it according to their proceedure.
I've outlined the restore proceedure here, it covers a lot of bases and explains what is going to occur so please don't be intimidated it's a LOT easier that it appears.
Take your time and comprehend the steps involved and you'll be backup up like before in short order.
Security Update 2012-001 Bricks Rosetta programs
Restore method.
#1 Backup your personal data off the machine.
Backup files off the computer (not to TimeMachine). If you don't have a external drive, get one and connect to the USB/Firewire port and simply drag and drop copy your User folder to the external drive, it will copy all your files. It's best to have two backups of your data off the machine when trying to restore.
Disconnect all drives now to prevent any mistakes from occuring.
#2 Try Restoring from a TimeMachine or hold option bootable clone
If you have TimeMachine drive, or a hold the option key bootable clone use that to erase and restore from before the Security Update occured.
Obviously if you didn't make a recent backup before the update, your going to have to skip to Step #3.
Note: A TM restore can take a awfully long time, a clone restore takes under 2 hours in most cases.
If you don't know how to restore from TM drive
http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
#3 Reinstall OS X 10.6 from disk
If no recent TM or bootable clone then:
Get out your 10.6 install disk and make sure it's clean and polished (very soft cloth and a bit of rubbing alcohol, no scratches) If your disk is borked, you'll have to order a new one from Apple with your serial number.
Hold c boot off the 10.6 disk (wired keyboard, internal optical drive), use Disk Utility First Aid to >Repair Disk and Permissions (do not format or erase!!), Quit DU and simply re-install 10.6.
Note: Simply reinstalling 10.6 version from disk (without erasing the drive) only replaces 10.6.8 with 10.6.x and bundled Apple programs, won't touch your files (backup anyway) or most programs, unless they installed a kext file into OS X itself. (only a few on average do this)
Note: If Disk Uitlity can't repair the drive, then come back to seek further assistance and make sure you have a copy of your data off the machine.
#4 Update to 10.6.8 without Security Update 2012-001
Reboot and log in, update to 10.6.8 via Software Update, but EXCLUDE THE Security Update 2012-001 by checkinig the details and unchecking the blue check box.
#5 Reinstall any non-working third party programs
When you reboot, make sure to reinstall any programs that require kext files installed into OS X, you'll know, they won't work when you launch them or hang for some reason.
If for some freakish reason you get gray screen at any time when booting (possible it might occur when you reinstall older programs), hold the shift key down while booting (Safe Mode, disables kext files) and update your installed third party software so it's compatible with 10.6.8.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Note: For most users likley Step #3 and #4 is likley all that is needed to be done.
That's it really.
Further Reading:
Learn how to have a OS X drive restore ability using TimeMachine or cloning software
Learn how to clone your entire OS X boot here
http://www.bombich.com/get_ready_for_lion.html
TimeMachine help here
http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
Make copies of your original Snow Leopard
http://www.walterjessen.com/make-a-bootable-backup-snow-leopard-install-disc/
Learn how to make a bootable SL USB thumb drive
http://www.maciverse.com/install-os-x-snow-leopard-from-usb-flash-drive.html
Deciding on upgrading to Lion?
Learn which programs ARE NOT compatible/updated for Lion, Rosetta programs will not run on Lion.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Unverified hacks
Note: You may see a "hack" for this issue floating around, it has had mixed results as people's software is different.
You may want to try it, but it's at your own risk. It has worked fast for some and not at all for others, hopefully over time it will work for all.
The above methods I outline are Apple approved restore methods + based upon experience here and not a quick fix, but are sure to work as Apple recommends such steps themselves.
If at any time you feel this is beyond your capability, please seek local Mac/PC professional assistance before you lose your data.
In fact my steps above are very simple, you might want to have a family member or friend perfrom the proceedure in about a hour or two.
If you don't have any backup, please maintain at least a TM drive, just hook up a new blank external drive and TM will ask you to make a backup, takes some time so let it work.
If your a bit more skilled, a option bootable clone is much superior than TM drive.
Good Luck

Lastest security update hosed my G5 PM

Background: I have a dual G5 PM with two on board drives (one connected into a Seritek adaptor). In the past I have had issues with it waking from sleep (it would shut off at the gray apple revolving circle) and after rebooting, it would sometimes quit during boot, especially after updates.
*Current condition:* After restart with this new security update the primary drive would quit during boot as described above. Then, after resetting pram and PMU, I booted into the secondary backup drive and checked the primary HD for permissions and verified it. All reported was OK.
So then I tried to boot into the primary hd again. But again it continued to quit at the gray screen. So I went back to the secondary drive and verified the the first HD. This time it came up with errors that DU and DriveGenius could not fix. I then decided to wipe it clean and reinstall/clone. At this time I also installed the update to the second drive. The Primary drive install went OK using the Tiger disk, but, when it finished and I tried to boot the primary again to install settings and files, but then I discovered that neither HDs would boot.
Most recently I tried resetting the firmware and running the Apple hardware test, but that crashes the PM during the logic board test.
Any suggestions, other than get a new Mac, would be appreciated.

Well it turns out that I have mercifully been spared logic board problems...this time. It turns out that the last security update screwed up my hardrive's Seritek PCI adaptor. Firmtek's webssite had several methods to get back up and running again, but it sure took a while reinstalling everything.

No wireless Internet after the lastest security update

Everything was working fine,but since i did the latest security update,...i noticed my wireless internet connection was getting weaker and weaker and now i can't connect anymore.
I'm using a Belkin PCcard in my Powerbook G4 Titanium 867 GHZ
Connected to a Belkin Wireless router.My Belkin Card is recognized as airport express in the system profiler.
We also have a Ibook G4 800GHZ with an orginal airport extreme card , same problems too, no connection to our Belkin router.
As i wrote earlier everything was working fine.....
internet works fine with the standard UTP rj45 cable..
What i did , Repaired all the permission, restarted the router, removed the airportkext2 file as suggested on some postings etc etc (later put it back ofcourse)... but no solution...
Must be something with the latest, update I hope Apple solves this issue soon, any help from you Macwizards really appreciated.
Powerbook G4 867GHZ, Ibook G4 800GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I think the cure is to roll back the Airport kext...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4310165&#4310165
Thread with other links...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4457204&#4457204

Has the lastest security update caused problems for anyone else?

Since the latest security update things have been a little weird with my MBP. Within 5 hours of udating the computer there were two kernal panics. At least I think the second one was a kernal panic. I had closed the lid and it wouldnt sleep or turn back on and it had no response to the power button or any keys so I eventually pulled the battery. Then on restart it acted as if recovering from a panic.
Since then I have had other problems such as long waking time from sleep, dim screen after restarts, and itunes opening for no reason at all. After the latest restart things seem more 'normal.'
Has anyone else had this problem? If it continues, what should I do?

And here was I thinking it was my own imagination! After installing that annoying update, my MBP has not been the same.
I also had two kernal panics exactly as you have described.
My MBP seems to me to be extremely sluggish compared to what it was, and I am seriously condsidering reinstalling OS x and not installing that update.
At one point I decided to run disk check and it said I needed to repair my hard drive, something about the actual size and recorded size being different, so I repaired that last night so I will have to see how that goes.
I am very careful with my comp so i know that it is nothing I did that could cause thes problems.
And of course to add another problem to the list, My battery life is nothing like it used to be. I am a college student and up until i installed that update i could easily go 4 hours in lecs using the laptop to take notes, but now after about half an hour the battery indicator says i have an hour left. It is very annoying!
Mac Book Pro 15" 2ghz 1024mb RAM 100gb HD Mac OS X (10.4.8) Glossy Screen

Security update fixed my last remaining problems!! Woo hoo!!

I ran the security update and now mysteriously all of my remaining issues I've had since updating to 10.4.9 went away. Great news indeed, just wondering if apple puts some system updates in with the security updates?
Here were the problems I was having still after massive amounts of troubleshooting after the 10.4.9 update. But hey, they are gone now!!!
• System freezing up several times a day
• Ichat continually loosing its connection
• certain apps crashing
I'm looking forward to 10.5, I know apple pushed it back, do they have a release date yet? Any word on Ilife 07 or are they skipping that one?
Brown.Recluse

10.5 - October. Don't know about iLife 07.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/ (bottom of page).
Steve

Security update fixes ACL problems, almost

So far when running disk permissions, I've had one iMac C2D have no problems reported and the other iMac C2D only have ACL issues on /Library

Open the Terminal application and type:
man chmod
Look under the heading ACL MANIPULATION OPTIONS. The argument that you would use is:
"everyone deny delete"
If you can't understand the manual then leave your handy work alone. It's not a large security breach. chmod, chown, and chflags should only be used when you understand what you are doing.

Windows Vista 32 bit security updates

After lastest security updates from Microsoft for Vista, 32 bit, the PC checks for system errors and restores to point before updates. Tried doing one update at an time and again get system reset before updates.
Sometimes get no signal to TV and PC hangs and have to do a forced shutdown. Today get blue screen and message that Windows did not shut down normally press enter for start up Windows normally. Enter password and repeat. Also booted with emergency CD today and then get same results after diaganostics run: blue screen, start up Windows normally, repeat. Staring in safe mode did nothing either. Several days ago ran disk clean up. Defrag did not run because the drive was only 1% framented.
Started using an HDMI cable instead of VGA to TV about the same time this problem started and wonder if I should switch back to VGA. Do not believe that could be a problem unless there is somthing wrong with the HDMI port on video card.
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Hi Flustered,
You are having some issues!
Could you provide your PC's product number?
Well, you have to start troubleshooting somewhere, so I would restore the PC to a point prior to the potentially troublesome Microsoft updates and temporarily stop automatic updates.
I would also go back to VGA graphics and then run the PC and see if it stabilizes.
You are blue screening when running diagnostics? What diagnostics are you using? Have you ever been able to complete the diagnostic tests and obtain results without blue screening?
Jaco
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Security update and mail

hello all,
when i was doing the lastest security update (005), it didnt seem to download properly. I had to click quite a few times, and even had to manually click the restart option at the toolbar to get the computer to restart (recall that this update requires restart?). upon restarting, the screen seemed to indicate that the update was being downloaded. when checking with the software update, it indicates that the update has been downloaded. am i just bring paranoid?
secondly, i am having problems sending emails from my yahoo account to hotmail accounts and some domains. I can send the mails successfully from my iphone using the Mail app but not using Safari to access yahoo website to send. I received spamcop reports twice when i was emailing a local boutique with their own domain but that was in early april. i believe subsequent emails simply disappeared, no mailer daemons, but no replies either. similarly, in this case, the hotmail accounts had no traces of the email, not in their trash or junk or inbox. It's driving me mad because i'm in the midst of sending out resumes. my internet service provider only provides dynamic ips for home broadband. im not sure if the problem is with my Mac, or with the dynamic ips, or the filters that hotmail/other domains have in place to protect spam. i also sometimes cannot view web caches from google because of "suspected" activity.

okay, i've figured out that the mail problem is probably a yahoo problem. but the part about the security update still stands. please??
and by the way, i realise that the os version indicated is wrong, yes it is updated to 10.6.8

Impact of missing a security update?

Currently have the imac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, running on OS X 10.6.8. I was scanning through my software update logs (after completing the Security Update 2013- 006) and realized that along the way I somehow missed the Security Update 2011- 002. Will that cause problems for me? aka do the security updates depend on each other? or maybe it is better to ask if the security updates must be completed sequentially? Also, should I go back and download this update? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I am a mac newbie, so please keep it simple. Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
You should install all security updates. They fix security problems that may be used to steal information on your iMac and cause problems soon. Apart from that, every security update fixes different things, so probably the things that the security update includes aren't fixed in your Mac

Does the latest security update to Safari effect OSX v10.6.8?

Does the latest security update (Fix issued 25/02/14) to Safari not effect Mac OSX v10.6.8 Snow Leopard? Software update has not flagged it up in Snow leopard, so presumably it is only Lion & Mavericks that had the flaw.

Icedn wrote:
Does the latest security update (Fix issued 25/02/14) to Safari not effect Mac OSX v10.6.8 Snow Leopard? Software update has not flagged it up in Snow leopard, so presumably it is only Lion & Mavericks that had the flaw.
Correct!

Iphone 3G Software Update Fixes security vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files?

Is there an Iphone 3G Software Update Fixes security vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF files? Latest version I can download is 4.2.1
I assume no fix is available, does anyone know if I'm still vulnerable to the security bug?

No fix is needed since that vulnarability isn't in 4.2.1.

The mail app on my Mac laptop will not open. This began happening after an upgrade during which "Security UPdate 2012-004" was installed. My mail app has a new icon, and I think i trashed the old program (trying to follow directions). Suggest a fix?

The mail app on my Mac laptop will not open. This began happening after an upgrade during which "Security UPdate 2012-004" was installed. My mail app has a new icon, and I think i trashed the old program (trying to follow directions). Suggest a fix?

See possible fixes here.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19760703#19760703
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4311280?tstart=0

Security update 2009-5 fault fix + 10.5 upgrade?

Hi, I can't restart after the Security update/iTunes etc. like others on the forum.
Seems like Install disk, Disk Utility etc. seems to be the fix on this.
However, I have lost my 10.4 install disks (long story, I am legit). I was going to get 10.5 anyhow. If I do will I be able to fix this problem or will it just confuse the issue or will I need a 10.4 disk?
Thanks

Some of the usual "can't start up" measures don't require an install disk. Even if they don't fix the problem, thay might be at least able to tell you whether your HD directory is OK and could support a Leopard "Archive and Install."
First I would try a [Safe Boot|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564].
If that doesn't work, then see if you can start up in [Single-User Mode|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492]. If you can, then go through the steps in the section "*Use fsck if necessary*" in the support article [Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417].
Even if you can't show that your HD directory is currently OK, if your data is safely backed up elsewhere then you could still buy Leopard, try to fix the HD from that install disk, and if still unsuccessful erase and re-format the HD before installing Leopard. You would then have to re-install your apps and restore your data from your backups.

I just wanted to chip in with my complaint that I just downloaded the Security Update 2012-001 10.6.8, and now non of my Office 2004 apps work appropriately. I can open existing word documents, but they won't print) etc. When will apple issue a fix?

While I wait for apple to fix this issue, is there an easier fix to this than using Time Machine to restore to an earlier version?

Apple just issued an "update on the update" that seems to have fixed the problem (Security Update 2012.001 v1.1, see: http://tidbits.com/article/12768). All my Word 94 apps now seem to function properly. Haven't checked everything yet, but the ability to print has been restored.
Thanks Apple!!!!
(I am once again your loyal fan!!!)

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