{"id":1515,"date":"2010-04-15T09:25:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T08:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:57:59","slug":"apple-releases-security-update-patches-pwn2own-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-releases-security-update-patches-pwn2own-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Releases Security Update, Patches Pwn2Own Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released a security update for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 to patch a bug used by security researcher Charlie Miller last month to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/hackers-crack-macs-and-others-for-cash\/\">win the Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security conference<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Apple <a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/HT4131\">presents the fix<\/a> as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAn unchecked index issue exists in Apple Type Services&#8217; handling of embedded fonts. Viewing or downloading a document containing a maliciously crafted embedded font may lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue is addressed through improved index checking. Credit to Charlie Miller working with TippingPoint&#8217;s Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The update is available for Snow Leopard, and for Leopard Client or Server. The <a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/DL1029\">Snow Leopard version<\/a> is a mere 6.5 MB, but the Leopard versions, for the <a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/DL1027\">client<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/DL1028\">server<\/a> versions of the software are, respectively, 219 and 380 MB. 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