Apple Computer Inc. has released security updates for Mac OS X Panther 10.3.1 client and server systems and Mac OS X Jaguar 10.2.8 client and server operating systems.
The Panther update includes the following updated components: OpenSSLzlib "gzprintf()" function, an update to the open-source lossless compression library used by Darwin, the kernel of Apple's OS.
The Jaguar update improves a number of components, including document formatting system, groff; Unix macro processor component, gm4; and Mail w/CRAM-MD5 authentication (used to debug common authentication services).
It also improves OpenSSL (a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured, and open-source toolkit with a general-purpose cryptography library that implements the Secure Sockets Layer); Personal File Sharing; QuickTime for Java; and the zlib "gzprintf()" function.
Both updates are available for download from Apple's Web site and through the Software Update feature.
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