Apple Releases Jaguar & Panther Security Updates

by , 8:30 AM EST, February 24th, 2004

Apple has released a slew of security updates yesterday (Feb. 23, 2004). The update covers current and previous versions of OS X (Panther and Jaguar), and both current and previous versions of OS X Server (Panther and Jaguar).

Apple posts the following information about the updates:

Security Update 2004-02-23 for Jaguar Client v.1.0

About Security Update 2004-02-23 for Jaguar Client

Includes the following updated components: DiskArbitration, IPSec, Point-to-Point-Protocol, Safari.

Additionally, Security Update 2003-11-19 has been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2004-02-23 for Jaguar Server v 1.0

About Security Update 2004-02-23 for Jaguar Server

Includes the following updated components: DiskArbitration, IPSec, Point-to-Point-Protocol, Safari.

Additionally, Security Update 2003-11-19 has been incorporated into this security update. Those components are: gm4, groff, Mail w/CRAM-MD5 authentication, OpenSSL, Personal File Sharing, QuickTime for Java, zlib “gzprintf()” function

Security Update 2004-02-23 for Panther Client v 1.0

About Security Update 2004-02-23 for Panther Client

Includes the following updated components: DiskArbitration, IPSec, Point-to-Point-Protocol, tcpdump.

Security Update 2004-02-23 for Panther Server v 1.0

About Security Update 2004-02-23 for Panther Server

Includes the following updated components: DiskArbitration, IPSec, Point-to-Point-Protocol, tcpdump, and Quicktime Streaming Server

You can get more information about these update at Apple Support Downloads site, or you can get the update you need through the Software Update application in OS X.

The Mac Observer Spin:

We like seeing updates for Jaguar. It's important for Apple to maintain support of this OS, which is only a year and change old.

Apple Support Downloads