Apple this week launched quite a few small updates for quite a lot of units. Whereas there are not any new options to talk of, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, HomePod, and Apple TV customers ought to go replace them proper now.
Most significantly, the iOS 16.3.1, iPadOS 16.3.1, and macOS 13.2.1 updates all embrace the identical WebKit safety replace that patches a zero-day flaw identified to have been used to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs:
WebKit
- Impression: Processing maliciously crafted net content material might result in arbitrary code execution. Apple is conscious of a report that this concern might have been actively exploited.
- Description: A kind confusion concern was addressed with improved checks.
- WebKit Bugzilla: 251944/CVE-2023-23529: an nameless researcher
Apple hasn’t launched specifics about how the flaw might have been exploited. It’s the primary zero-day flaw, which is outlined as a lately found safety vulnerability, that Apple has mounted this yr. Along with the WebKit patch, the iOS, iPadOS, and macOS updates additionally embrace a repair for a “use after free” concern that might enable an app to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
The patch is for the iPhone 8 and later, iPad Air (third gen) and later, iPad (fifth gen) and later, iPad mini (fifth gen) and later, MacBook Professional (2017 and later), MacBook Air (2018 and later), MacBook (2017 and later), iMac (2017 and later), Mac mini (2018 and later), and Mac Studio. There’s additionally a brand new 16.3 model of Safari for Macs working macOS Huge Sur and Monterey. Whereas the model is similar because the earlier one, the construct quantity will replace to 167614.4.6.11.6 (Huge Sur) and 177614.4.6.11.6 (Monterey).
A separate Huge Sur replace (11.7.4) for older Macs fixes a Safari concern the place web sites within the Favorites part of the Begin web page misplaced their customized favicons and as a substitute displayed generic grey icons.
Apple additionally launched HomePod 16.3.2 and tvOS 16.3.2 updates for all fashions, following 16.3.1 updates earlier this month. The HomePod replace additionally addresses a problem the place asking Siri for good house requests might fail. WatchOS 9.3.1 was additionally launched for Apple Watch Sequence 4 and later with “bug fixes and essential safety updates,” although Apple hasn’t but printed the particular CVE entries.
And eventually, Apple has pushed a firmware replace for the MagSafe cable on the 2021 and 2023 MacBook Professional and M2 MacBook Air with unspecified fixes.
Right here’s how one can discover the replace on every of your units:
iPhone and iPad: Go to the Settings app, then Common, and Software program Replace
macOS Ventura: Go to the System Settings app, then Common and Software program Update.
macOS Huge Sur or Monterey: Acquired to the System Preferences app then Software program Replace
Apple Watch: Go to the Watch app in your iPhone, then Common, and Software program Replace
Apple TV: Go to the Settings app, then Common, and Replace Software program
HomePod: Go to the Dwelling app in your iPhone, then Dwelling Settings, and Software program Replace
MagSafe Cable: Plug it in, hook up with your Mac and look ahead to the replace to put in
