What is 11.3.4 for

[Phillip Jones]

Now that there are complains about it what was it for?

I just updated Office on my desktop (OSX3.9).
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[Elliott Roper]

Now that there are complains about it what was it for?

Phillip me old darlin'. If it is fixed, don't break it!

If you want to see a rather unsatisfactory report of what it claims to
be fixing, (yet again -- IIRC, It reads rather similarly to the 11.3.3
'reason') visit
http:///www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-014.mspx
and 015 as well.
It is dressed up as yet another fix for a potential stack smasher
exploit.
Since there has never been a successful stack smasher for Mac OS-X you
can consume the report with appropriate quantities of NaCl.
We are supposed to believe that a stack smasher for Windows blams OS-X.
Even the most naive reader would understand that they'd have to be
pretty different, especially on a Power-PC Mac.

I think the Mac update is because some misery out there wants company
on Valentine's day.

I just updated Office on my desktop (OSX3.9).

It seems to be harmless, except for those experiencing faux font
corruption.

Sigh!
Why oh why can't the softy get font consistency checking right after
all these years?