Don't fall in the root hole...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/18/apple_local_root_os_x_yosemite/ A vulnerability has been found in Apple's operating system that allows ordinary software on the computer to gain all-powerful root privileges, ... Unchecked null pointer dereference in the kernel. Oopsie! |
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Mac OS X Yosemite (re Ashton)
- (rcareaga)
- (14)
- Aug. 16, 2015, 06:04:38 PM EDT
Yosemite has some defaults that annoy J.
- (Another Scott)
- (7)
- Aug. 16, 2015, 09:17:08 PM EDT
Apple design has some ... holes.
- (static)
- (5)
- Aug. 17, 2015, 12:30:08 AM EDT
I would have thought that NextStep (or NEXTSTEP or whatever) had it.
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- Aug. 17, 2015, 12:48:52 AM EDT
It's a complicated problem.
- (static)
- (3)
- Aug. 17, 2015, 12:59:58 AM EDT
Indeed.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Aug. 17, 2015, 07:09:26 AM EDT
Oh I know the upgrade problem.
- (static)
- (1)
- Aug. 18, 2015, 06:54:22 AM EDT
Yup. :-/
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 18, 2015, 07:28:47 AM EDT
Windows 10 is the *tits*
- (pwhysall)
- Aug. 17, 2015, 10:19:52 AM EDT
Agreed that, it's a bit early and something of a teapot in a (Pontiac) Tempest
- (Ashton)
- (5)
- Aug. 18, 2015, 09:17:40 PM EDT
re iStat Pro - you can still get it.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Aug. 18, 2015, 09:33:33 PM EDT
Thanks, al punte.
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 19, 2015, 01:27:40 AM EDT
Wired!
- (rcareaga)
- Aug. 19, 2015, 10:10:30 AM EDT
Don't fall in the root hole...
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- Aug. 19, 2015, 06:09:08 PM EDT
Whoops.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 19, 2015, 09:25:13 PM EDT