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March 19, 2008

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Amoeba team tracks down Rogue bugs

Posted Mar. 19, ’08, 11:59 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software » Updates

Rogue AmoebaYesterday’s Security Update 2008-002 brought with it a lot of handy patches, but some users ran into trouble trying to run command-line versions of ssh: the programs would crash pretty much instantly. And here I thought that was a feature. My mistake.

The issue was eventually tracked down to Instant Hijack, a component used by several of Rogue Amoeba’s programs: Audio Hijack, Nicecast, and Airfoil. A bug in Instant Hijack combined with an updated version of ssh that took advantage of a new Leopard security feature appear to have created a perfect storm.

Fortunately, the Rogue Amoeba crew has responded in the prompt and professional manner that we expect from them, issuing updates for all affected software. So if you don’t enjoy repeatedly crashing ssh and sftp (and if you don’t, how can you say you’ve been living?), hie yourself over to Rogue Amoeba’s site and get a’downloadin’.


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