Apple Releases Security and Xcode Updates

optikz writes "A security update is available in Software Update. 'Security Update 2003-11-04 addresses a potential vulnerability with the Terminal application in Mac OS X v10.3 and Mac OS X Server v10.3 that could allow unauthorized access to a system.'" sandrift writes "Software Update just popped up with Xcode Update 2003-11-03" Apple notes that "The Xcode update addresses an issue in the Xcode IDE that could potentially lead to data corruption or the loss of files particularly when source files contain illegal characters." Apple does not note, however, that Software Update will attempt to quit Terminal.app when installing the Security Update.

my iMail app is broken

[Anonymous Coward]

I just installed the updates and now it seems iMail crashes when it attempts to fetch email:

Date/Time: 2003-11-04 21:55:29 -0800
OS Version: 10.3 (Build 7B85)

Command: Mail (/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail)
PID: 672
Thread: 5

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000

Thread 0:
#0 0x900075c8 in mach_msg_trap (mach_msg_trap + 8)
#1 0x90007118 in mach_msg (mach_msg + 56)
#2 0x90191930 in __CFRunLoopRun (__CFRunLoopRun + 848)
#3 0x901960bc in CFRunLoopRunSpecific (CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 328)
#4 0x927d5ecc in RunCurrentEventLoopInMode (RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 172)
#5 0x927dc640 in ReceiveNextEventCommon (ReceiveNextEventCommon + 380)
#6 0x927fe6d0 in BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode (BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96)
#7 0x92dd2a80 in _DPSNextEvent (_DPSNextEvent + 384)
#8 0x92de93fc in -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] (-[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116)
#9 0x92dfd730 in -[NSApplication run] (-[NSApplication run] + 540)
#10 0x92eb9a1c in NSApplicationMain (NSApplicationMain + 464)
#11 0x0001317c in 0x1317c
#12 0x00041f70 in 0x41f70

Thread 1:
#0 0x90012668 in syscall_thread_switch (syscall_thread_switch + 8)
#1 0x90a03024 in +[NSThread sleepUntilDate:] (+[NSThread sleepUntilDate:] + 152)
#2 0x92dcac2c in -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] (-[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 1172)
#3 0x90a3a198 in forkThreadForFunction (forkThreadForFunction + 108)
#4 0x900247e8 in _pthread_body (_pthread_body + 40)

Thread 2:
#0 0x90017048 in semaphore_wait_signal_trap (semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8)
#1 0x9000e890 in _pthread_cond_wait (_pthread_cond_wait + 624)
#2 0x7ca12274 in -[_MFRecursiveLock lock] (-[_MFRecursiveLock lock] + 80)
#3 0x7ca6e580 in -[MessageRouter asynchronouslyRouteMessages:] (-[MessageRouter asynchronouslyRouteMessages:] + 92)
#4 0x7ca8bd58 in -[POP3FetchStore connection:didRetrieveData:forMessageNumber:] (-[POP3FetchStore connection:didRetrieveData:forMessageNumber:] + 304)
#5 0x7ca88790 in -[POP3Connection retr:] (-[POP3Connection retr:] + 764)
#6 0x7ca88be4 in -[POP3Connection fetchMessages:] (-[POP3Connection fetchMessages:] + 240)
#7 0x7ca8a350 in -[POP3FetchStore fetchSynchronously] (-[POP3FetchStore fetchSynchronously] + 2052)
#8 0x7caab5e0 in -[POPAccount fetchSynchronously] (-[POPAccount fetchSynchronously] + 192)
#9 0x90836774 in objc_msgSendv (objc_msgSendv + 180)
#10 0x909fb270 in -[NSInvocation invoke] (-[NSInvocation invoke] + 884)
#11 0x7ca1af44 in -[MonitoredInvocation invoke] (-[MonitoredInvocation invoke] + 144)
#12 0x7ca176a0 in -[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] (-[InvocationQueue _drainQueue] + 408)
#13 0x90a3a198 in forkThreadForFunction (forkThreadForFunction + 108)
#14 0x900247e8 in _pthread_body (_pthread_body + 40)

Thread 3:
#0 0x900075c8 in mach_msg_trap (mach_msg_trap + 8)
#1 0x90007118 in mach_msg (mach_msg + 56)
#2 0x90191930 in __CFRunLoopRun (__CFRunLoopRun + 848)
#3 0x901960bc in CFRunLoopRunSpecific (CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 328)
#4 0x909fced0 in -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] (-[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:] + 172)
#5 0x90a159ec in -[NSRunLoop run] (-[NSRunLoop run] + 76)
#6 0x7ca3acec in +[_NSSocket _runIOThread] (+[_NSSocket _runIOThread] + 92)
#7 0x90a3a198 in forkThreadForFunction (forkThreadForFunction + 108)
#8 0x900247e8 in _pthread_body (_pthread_body + 40)

Thread 4:
#0 0x9000b30c in select (select + 12)
#1 0x90196d40 in __CFSocketManager (__CFSocketManager + 508)
#2 0x900247e8 in _pthread_body (_pthread_body + 40)

Thread 5 Crashed:
#0 0x9604541c in LSMImmutableMapCounter::LSMImmutableMapCounter[uni

And it doesn't require restart!

[your_mother_sews_soc]

Apple does not note, however, that Software Update will attempt to quit Terminal.app when installing the Security Update.

Panther seems stable and very solid, even though it did deep six my ProTools, wouldn't let me use my Geforce4MX card, etc . So I figured I'd give it a shot. Oh yeah, and reading bpbond's post [slashdot.org] forced me to give it a go.

Much to my surprise, that the security patch didn't require a restart. To the best of my knowledge, this is a first. And, like the new installer, at the end it went through a "disk optimization" stage. I am impressed! Now if Avid could update ProTools, and I can get ssh to listen over port 23 again (my place of employment has telnet open, but nothing else - I need to read slashdot!) ...

SCSI problems - whose fault?

[teamhasnoi]

My Adaptec 2096 SCSI card has been 'disappeared' since I installed Panther. It worked fine under 10.2.8.

Apple is blaming Adaptec, Adaptec is blaming Apple. Since the driver was built into OS X, who should I go after? I hope this isn't another, "We no longer support SCSI".