"Whenever I unplug my AC adapter, my wireless Internet goes a little crazy and starts continually disconnecting and reconnecting moments later," says one owner.
While the connection remains largely stable when plugged into an AC adapter, switching to battery power renders the wireless link intermittent and in many cases drops network access entirely when idle. The exact behavior of affected systems can vary slightly, but appears to largely be connected to the computer's power supply. System users in Apple's discussion forums (one, two), as well as those speaking directly with AppleInsider, say the problem first surfaced after the appearance of the Mac OS X 10.4.10 update this summer and so far is known to affect most models, though reports are currently scarce from buyers of Apple's fall 2007 units. If you are having problems after the update, please let us know.Owners of Apple's 13-inch notebooks are reporting that their Wi-Fi access is much less reliable after installing Mac OS X Leopard or more recent updates to Mac OS X Tiger, especially when the systems switch to battery power. Credit: Apple.įor a full list of enhancements, see this document. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. Network A heap buffer overflow exists in the local IPC component of configd's EAPOLController plugin, which may allow a local user to obtain system privileges.This issue does not affect systems prior to Mac OS X v10.5. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of Microsoft Excel files. Downloading or viewing a maliciously crafted Microsoft Excel file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. QuickLook "A signedness issue exists in QuickLook's handling of columns in Microsoft Excel files may result in an out-of-bounds memory access.Credit to Sergio 'shadown' Alvarez of n.runs AG for reporting this issue." This update addresses the issue by generating icons in a separate process. Until the file is removed, the user account is not accessible via Finder's user interface. Finder "A maliciously crafted file on the Desktop which causes Finder to unexpectedly terminate when generating its icon will cause Finder to continually terminate and restart.Security Update 2008-007 Client (Leopard) Īmong the security enhancements in this lease:.Security Update 2008-007 Server (Leopard).Security Update 2008-007 Client (Intel).
Security Update 2008-007 Client (PPC).Security Update 2008-007 Server (PPC).Security Update 2008-007 Server (Universal).The new release is available via Software Update or the following download links: Apple has released Security Update 2008-007 for both Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.5) and Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.11).
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