BY DOUGLAS BONDERUD
MAY 8, 2015
Douglas Bonderud
Freelance Writer
A freelance writer for three years, Doug Bonderud is a Western Canadian with expertise in the fields of technology and innovation. In addition to working for the IBM Midsize...SEE ALL POSTS
Apple has released a new security update for its browser, hoping to shake out several major bugs hiding up the Safari tree. According to the Apple security updates page, the fixes released May 6 address issues in Safari 8.0.6, 7.1.6 and 6.2.6 and cover OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 and OS X Yosemite v10.10.3. Users are advised to patch their systems as soon as possible.
WebKit Worries
As noted by IT Pro, these Apple security updates all target problems with WebKit, the open-source software used by both Safari and Google Chrome. The top priority for Apple was a set of three memory vulnerabilities — CVE-2015-1152, CVE-2015-1153 and CVE-2015-1154 — that allowed malicious attackers to inject arbitrary code or crash the browser if users clicked through to compromised websites.
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