Core Security Publishes Apple iCal Vulnerabilities After Apple Fails To Patch. iCal Security Bugs. The three vulnerabilities affect iCal v3.0.1 that comes as standard with Mac OS X 10.5.1. One other additional bug in iCal Server, a component of Mac OS X Server, was also found. Apple also claimed that the server bug was not in the iCal Server but the Wiki Server. Original the company said the iCal fixes would be included in the March 18 update....

Apple Patches iCal Bugs With 10.5.3 Update. iCal Security Bugs. Apple has finally released patches for bugs in Leopard’s iCal application seven days after Core Security Technologies published the vulnerabilities. Three of the vulnerabilities affected iCal v3.0.1 that comes as standard with Mac OS X 10.5.1 with one other bug found in iCal Server, a component of Mac OS X Server. Core first got in touch with Apple on January 30th of this year to let the company know they had discovered vulnerabilities in the iCal application and iCal server. After claiming the problem was not with the iCal server but the Wiki Server, Apple patched the server bug with its March update, however no other patches were released for the iCal bugs....

Existing Ical and Outlook calendars can be imported and be shared in groups ; events can be repeated and can be attached to features such as alarms, notes and maps. Google supports calendar sharing not only within proprietary Google calendars, but can also import Apple’s Ical format as well as XML-based calendars....

The new web image saving feature adds to the already discovered contact search and iCal meeting invitation features reported previously....

Patched system applications include Address Book, AirPort, Automator, iCal, iChat, Mail, Parental Controls, a new multiple desktop feature called Spaces, the backup solution Time Machine and Voice Over....

Mobile.me syncs user data from specifically enhanced applications : Mail, Contact and Calendar on iPhone/iPod touch ; Mail, Address Book and iCal on a Mac ; Microsoft Outlook, Outlook, Windows Contacts, Safari and Internet Explorer on PCs....

Developers who downloaded the 10.5.5 build said that the software addresses more than eighty bugs reported in 10.5.4, such as unexpected crashes in the Dashboard application and a number of issues found in iCal and iChat....