Apple last week issued security updates to plug more than 50 security holes in its OS X operating system and other software. The patches, which affect Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, Java for the Mac and Safari for Windows systems, are available through Apple Downloads or via the company’s automatic update program. Apple’s Security Update 2009-001 addresses roughly four dozen security flaws in the operating system and bundled software. Java Release 8 patches at least four security flaws in Apple’s version of Java for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 Cupertino also fixed a critical vulnerability in its Safari Web browser for Windows XP and VIsta systems. Sarari 3.2.2 for Windows fixes a flaw that Apple said could allow a Web site to run hostile Javascript on the user’s system if he or she subscribed to an RSS feed that included a malicious link. Brian Mastenbrook, the researcher Apple