Apple Releases Security Patch for Mail, iChat, Safari, More

3:00 PM EST, Feb. 28th, 2006 · by Bryan Chaffin · News

Apple released Security Update 2006-001, a Mac OS X security patch that addresses issues with Mail, iChat, Safari, and other Mac OS X components. Apple recommends the update for all users.

The update notes in Software Update:

Security Update 2006-001 is recommended for all users and improves the security of the following components:

apache_mod_php
automount
Bom
Directory Services
iChat
IPSec
LaunchServices
LibSystem
loginwindow
Mail
rsync
Safari
Syndication

Apple has also posted a Knowledge Base article for the update that goes into greater detail on each of the updated components. The update weighs in at 13.2 MB.

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