Apple Releases Safari 3.0.2 Beta Update for Mac and Windows
Apple Releases Safari 3.0.2 Beta Update for Mac and Windows
by , 8:20 AM EDT, June 25th, 2007
Along with a security update for Mac OS X, Apple released a new update for the Safari 3 public beta on Friday. The Safari 3.0.2 beta update addresses security and stability issues for both Mac OS X and Windows.
The Mac version of the update fixed WebCore and WebKit security-related issues along with performance issues in Mail and iChat, improved Dashboard and widget compatibility, and fixed a BBEdit-related stability issue.
The Windows version addressed security issues where the contents of the address bar could be changed without loading the contents of the corresponding page allowing a maliciously-crafted Web site to control the contents of the address bar, and XMLHttpRequests could be manipulated to allow cross-site requests to malicious Web sites.
Safari 3.0.2 beta is free for Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista users. The new version is available for download at the Apple Web site.
Observer Comments
Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:59 pm Subject: CNET is reporting a new security problem with Safari
Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:05 pm Subject:
It's another potential breach. It requires you to bookmark a URL of 1,024 bytes. And then it requires someone else to know you've done it and take control of your computer. So some bad person has to create the URL, then you have to visit it, and then you have to find this page so exciting that you want to be able to visit it again.
Practise safe hex...
Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:35 pm Subject:
Quite right. And Apple would be foolish not to fix it. And I'm sure it will do it shortly. Nevertheless it is a potential breach because it requires the user to do something in an unusual circumstance. It's not just a matter of visiting a website - you'd have to visit the putative website and save the bookmark.
My final sentence stands.
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