About Security Update 2011-005

This document describes the security content of Security Update 2011-005, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences or from Apple Downloads.

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Security Update 2011-005

• Certificate Trust Policy

  Available for: Mac OS X v10.6.8, Mac OS X Server v10.6.8, OS X Lion v10.7.1, Lion Server v10.7.1

  Impact: an attacker with a privileged network position may intercept user credentials or other sensitive information

  Description: fraudulent certificates were issued by multiple certificate authorities operated by DigiNotar. This issue is addressed by removing DigiNotar from the list of trusted root certificates, from the list of Extended Validation (EV) certificate authorities and by configuring default system trust settings so that DigiNotar's certificates, including those issued by other authorities, are not trusted.