A little late here but I needed to post on this. The latest update to Mac OS X, in testing since the beginning of August, is now available for download. As usual, the OS X 10.5.5 update is “recommended for all users,” and “includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.”
The fixes include improvements to MacBook Air performance, iPhone and PalmOS syncing, Time Machine and Time Capsule reliability, Mail IMAP and SMTP compatibility, and tweaks to iCal and Address Book. The update also improves MobileMe syncing, Disk Utility, Speech Dictionary, and Kerberos authentication with some Samba servers.
In addition to the performance and reliability improvements, though, this update includes numerous security fixes. Several fixes are included for dealing with images in TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and PICT formats. Several components are updated to further protect against DNS cache poisoning, including BIND, mDNSresponder, and libresolv. Other security fixes are detailed in Apple’s KB article. A separate update for Mac OS X 10.4.11 includes these security fixes for that OS version.
As usual, the updates are available via Software Update.
[via Arstechnica]
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