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March 8, 2007
Meet the new AirPort Extreme Update, same as the old AirPort Extreme Update
Posted Mar. 8, ’07, 2:34 PM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software » Updates
AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 is out (please hold all applause ‘til the end) and it addresses a security issue in which a maliciously-constructed wireless frame can cause your Mac to crash. Discovery is credit to LMH, of the Month of Apple Bugs (MoAB) project.
Wait a second…that’s exactly the same bug fix that was in AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001. You’re totally just screwing with us now, Apple, aren’t you? What’s the deal here?
The security fix described above (CVE-2006-6292) was originally released in AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001. The identical fix is also present in AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002, which contains an additional non-security fix for a compatibility issue when using certain third-party access points configured to use WEP. Systems which installed AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001 are correctly patched for CVE-2006-6292. Installing AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002 is recommended to obtain the additional compatibility fix. Affected systems that have not yet applied AirPort Extreme Update 2007-001 should apply AirPort Extreme Update 2007-002.Great. This just paves the way for a Leopard release that’s basically Tiger with “an additional non-security fix for a compatibility issue.” Then again, maybe I’m just bitter.
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Actually, it appears that this particular update also discreetly solves the never-publicly-admitted AirPort reception issue with the iMac C2D and Mac Pro (Macbidouille/Hardmac).
after i update this, my macbookpro will auto zoom the screen after everytime startup, do you guys also like that ?