Security Update for Safari 5.0.5 and Mac OS X 2011-002

Apple has released a security update for Mac OS X and Safari. These updates contain a fix to the Certificate Trust Policy and Webkit technologies respectively.

The impact of the security vulnerabilities could mean that ’
Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

The update is available for Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6.5 or later and Mac OS X Server v10.6.5 or later.

Further information on Security Update 2011-002 can be found on the Apple website http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

The latest security updates can be downloaded via the Mac OS X Software Update mechanism.