Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up

It's download time again for Mac OS X users, as 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard have been made available by Apple.

The security patches are mostly geared for users of Mac OS X 10.4, known as Tiger, but some are available for version 10.5 - Leopard. They should be automatically pushed to Mac users through the Software Update function but are also available from Apple's website.

A number of serious vulnerabilities, such as ones which could lead to a malicious attack on users' systems, are fixed with the latest update. This includes several flaws that could lead to a remote attacker executing malicious code on a Mac in programs like Address Book, the Safari browser's RSS feed and CUPS (common Unix printing system), among other things.

Apple updated QuickTime last week in order to fix an important flaw in that program. As part of the patches, Apple also shipped a patch for Windows users of Safari that was addressed for Mac users as part of the larger series of patches.

Tom Krazit writes for CNET News.com