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UPDATES - September 19, 2014

Sep 19, 2014 2:00AM PDT

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Apple Security Updates
Sep 19, 2014 2:15AM PDT
This document outlines security updates for Apple products.

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.

This document describes recent updates and releases.

Obtaining OS X

Information about obtaining OS X (client) can be found here. Information about obtaining OS X Server can be found here.

Software updates for OS X are available from:

Software Update
Apple Support

Apple Product Security PGP Key

For information, see How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key.

Security Updates - 17 Sept 2014

Name and Information link | Available for

OS X Server 2.2.3 - OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5
OS X Server 3.2.1 - OS X Mavericks v10.9.5
Safari 6.2 and Safari 7.1 - OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9.5
OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 and Security Update 2014-004 - OS X Lion v10.7.5, OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5, OS X Mavericks v10.9 to v10.9.4
Xcode 6.0.1 - OS X Mavericks v10.9.4 or later
Apple TV 7 - Apple TV 3rd generation and later
iOS 8 - iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later

Continued with additional information here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222
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iOS 8 fixes bucketload of severe security bugs
Sep 19, 2014 2:30AM PDT
iOS 8 fixes bucketload of severe security bugs

Apple has released the latest version of its mobile OS on Wednesday, and in it has fixed over 50 vulnerabilities, many of which are very serious:

• Two vulnerabilities allowed a local attacker to escalate privileges and install unverified (likely malicious) applications
• A validation issue in the handling of update check responses allowed an attacker with a privileged network position to cause an iOS device to think that it is up to date even when it is not
• Two vulnerabilities in CoreGraphics made it possible for a maliciously crafted PDF file to terminate apps or execute arbitrary code
• Several vulnerabilities in the IOHIDFamily kernel extension made it posible for a malicious app to read kernel pointers, which can be used to bypass kernel address space layout randomization, or to execute arbitrary code with system privileges (the latter was also made possible by the existence of several IOKit bugs)
• A Libnotify bug allowed a malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with root privileges
• Two Safari vulnerabilities made it possible for attackers and websites to intercept or harvest user credentials
• 12 WebKit bugs could have been misused by attackers to execute arbitrary code on the device by simply creating a malicious website and tricking users into visiting it.

With iOS 8, Apple has also updated its certificate trust policy and has randomised the MAC address to prevent potential device tracking attacks via passive WiFi scans.

If you can, it's a good idea to update to iOS 8, because all these bugs remain unpatched in all earlier version of the OS.

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=17378
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SUPERAntiSpyware v6.0.1146 released
Sep 19, 2014 9:06AM PDT