(imported topic written by gcibirch91)
Hi,
We are looking to start using BigFix for a MAC’s. when I look at the full list of fixlets for MAC’s I seem to be missing some fixlets. We believe their should be security update for 10.6 of “2010_003”.
How are the fixlets downloaded for the different OS’s??
Thanks
(imported comment written by gcibirch91)
Any Help on this or advice would be much appreciated
(imported comment written by Tingram91)
You will have to subscribe to the Site for Patches for MAC
Tools > Manage Sites
(imported comment written by gcibirch91)
Hi
I am already subscribed for these patches…which is why i don’t understand why they are out of date.
Lee
(imported comment written by jcampbell91)
The patch for Security Update 2010-003 was put together in fixlet # 41004001.
(imported comment written by gcibirch91)
Hi
Jus to clarify the security update contain all the patches for Mac OS?? So is Bigfix grouping these patches as one big fixlet??
Not a MAC expert so not sure how Apple release their patches compared to Microsoft
(imported comment written by NoahSalzman)
Yep, Apple bundles many months of fixes into one giant update. This news article – on the size of Apple’s updates – ends with an amusing quote from a guy I used to work with.
Apple today patched 92 vulnerabilities, a third of them critical, in a record update to its Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems.
Security Update 2010-002 plugged 92 holes in the client and server editions of Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6, breaking a record that has stood since March 2008 . The update dwarfed any released last year, when Apple 's largest patched 67 vulnerabilities .
“The sheer number, it’s almost so daunting that you don’t even want to look,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security.
(imported comment written by jcampbell91)
Be careful not to let the update numbers fool you. Apple numbers their Security updates sequentially throughout the year independent of the OS. For example, the fixes in Security Update 2010-002 that applied to OS X 10.6 were released as OS X 10.6.3 so if you go looking for Security Update 2010-002 for OS X 10.6 you will not find it, even though there exists 2010-001 and 2010-003.
That being said, security updates are cumulative, though they will usually require the most recent version of the OS before they will be applicable.
(imported comment written by gcibirch91)
Thanks for this I now have a better understanding of the patches