Apple has released a fresh batch of software security updates for its flagship devices.
The July 15 security refresh from Cupertino includes fixes for bugs in iOS, macOS, tvOS, and WatchOS: basically every hardware product from the Cupertino giant. Given the massive patch overload this week, it’s a good time to bury bad news.
For iOS and iPadOS the 13.6 update includes fixes for 29 CVE-listed vulnerabilities, 10 involving arbitrary code execution.
Four of those code execution flaws are exploited by playing corrupted audio files (CVE-2020-9888, CVE-2020-9889, CVE-2020-9890, CVE-2020-9891, all found by Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab researchers JunDong Xie and XingWei Li.)
Many of the same issues were addressed in macOS, where the update is known as Catalina 10.15.6 or Security Update 2020-004 (for Mojave and High Sierra users).
Code execution bugs are likely to be less of an issue on the tightly controlled WatchOS (6.2.8) and tvOS (13.4.8) platforms, but you should still install the security updates to be on the safe side. Both fixes will be available via the software update tool.
If your IT admin is seeming a bit grumpy this week, they should be forgiven. The Apple updates are the latest in what has been an epic week for security fixes.
On top of the regularly scheduled Microsoft, Adobe, and SAP Patch Tuesday security updates, we were treated to a massive 443 bug patch bundle from Oracle, a hefty Cisco update release, and of course, the Twitter hackopolypse keeping peeps amused or horrified.
For more detailed information, check out the full article on The Register.
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