Safari 4.0.2 released

Fire up Software Update, Apple just released Safari 4.0.2!

As usual, the release notes are extremely informative (laugh), stating:

This update is recommended for all Safari users and improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes.

Looking a the actual security announcement, this is is one update you're going to want to install. One of the security fixes addresses potential cross-site scripting attacks, via WebKit's handling of parent and top objects. The other fix addresses memory allocation for numeric character references, which if exploited, could allow arbitrary code execution or application termination after visiting a malicious site.

These issues affect Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista, so everyone, download your Safari updates!

As usual, you will have to restart your computer after installation.

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Source: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

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Pierre-Alain Dorange

Seriously, rebooting to update Safari/Webkit is annoying.
Safari 3 use also webkit and has no need to reboot.

Perhaps (has Doug explain) webkit is now a .kext but it's not a good design for such a library. It's user disturbance, bad user experience...

July 22 2009 at 8:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

rawrawrawr

I still miss the loading bar under the url. I thought that was an incredibly clever idea.
I'd also like to see the tabs moved back to the top, as in S4 beta, and the old blue RSS button back.

July 10 2009 at 4:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rob Erlichman

Stability is nice, but what I really want is to be able to turn on the upper tabs we got in the Safari Beta 4. Is there any world from Cupertino that we're going to get these back?

July 09 2009 at 3:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nicleT

Reseting Safari made the job :/

July 09 2009 at 10:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nicleT

Websites like http://www.gizmodo.com/ or http://lifehacker.com/ doesn't show properly since 4.0.2 upgrade. Why ?

July 09 2009 at 9:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

pcd2k

I agree with Corgy

July 09 2009 at 4:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Cory

I know I sound like a stubborn coot, but I'm not upgrading until we get an option to put the tabs back on top. Safari 4 Beta 2 run with nightly Webkit builds has been treating me well so far.

July 09 2009 at 12:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

arrrghSAM

Anyone else find it funny/weird that the version is 4.0.2, whilst the file size is 40.2MB?
Just a little observation right there.

July 08 2009 at 11:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jason

Yay for stability! As soon as I updated & restarted I fired up Safari and it crashed! S4 is really bad!

July 08 2009 at 11:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

AdventTech67

All of you are a bunch of ineXperienced Mac Users. Gimme, gimme, gimme. You should be grateful that, we aren't eXperiencing Microsoft's woes at the moment. Now I see where the weak LINKS are.

P.S.
I've been a devoted to Apple since I first got my Performa 6200, OS 7.5.1. I've dabbled a bit with other Macs, + newer software for Macs. Thru the years I've never had to work so hard on the Mac platform like I do with Windows.

God bless & all a good niter.

July 08 2009 at 11:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply