Security & Privacy

Apple has released security updates for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 for Java, correcting respectively three and four vulnerabilities. The Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 fixes three flaws that could allow “arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user” or “arbitrary code execution with the privileges of another user.” The Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 8 corrects four such flaws.

Updates are available via Software Update, or from Apple’s Downloads page. They are 74 and 119 MB respectively. More information about these security updates can be found here.