Official warning on Mac code bug

Vikingod · Nov 27, 2006, 02:00 PM

Source: BBC News
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The federal US computer security watchdog has issued a warning about a bug in Apple's OS X operating system.

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US Cert) issued the alert after security researchers produced code that could exploit the DMG bug.

The flaw involves the way OS X handles disk images and could be used to crash or take over a vulnerable machine.

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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Official warning on Mac code bug Source: BBC News __________ The federal US computer security watchdog has issued a warning about a bug in Apple's OS X operating system. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US Cert) issued the alert after security researchers produced code that could exploit the DMG bug. The flaw involves the way OS X handles disk images and could be used to crash or take over a vulnerable machine.