10.6 users -- are you patched?

[Bimwad]

Given that Apple has dropped support for 10.6, and neglected to provide patches for the Shellshock and NTP vulnerabilities, others have had to step in and provide patches (and easy-peasy installers).

Any issues with these patches?

[mikebw]

Can't really comment, other than I have been thinking about using an older MacBook running 10.6 as a simple file/web server, so I suppose I would want to make sure it was thoroughly patched. Can you provide any links to said patches?

[Racer X]

I'd like to know more too.

[Bimwad]

If you poke around, people have packaged ready-made installers to replace the vulnerable bash and NTP components, instead of having to compile them yourself.

Such as this and this.

More info here.

[mspace]

Thanks for posting this.

[M A V I C]

I thought it was mentioned the version of bash in 10.6 did have the problem?

[p8712]

I am now. Thanks for this PSA.

[colonel panic]

Thanks!

[JoeM]

Thanks!

[Will Collier]

My server, arcade cabinet, and two old Macs being used as HTPCs thank you.

One tip: if you use one of these patches on a Hackintosh, don't forget to Repair Permissions after patching.