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Mac OS X Security Update 2004-09-16

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for Security Update 2004-09-16

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing Security Update 2004-09-16.

This security update iChat. There is a bug in older versions of iChat
where a possible hacker may execute commands on the local system by sending
malformed links which will execute local commands to an iChat user on
the remote host.

Solution : http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11207

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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