Apple has released updates to three of its four operating systems: iOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Apart from the usual stability improvements and bug fixes, there are some interesting security fixes as well. A bypass bug discovered several weeks ago by Miguel Alvarado from iDeviceHelp, which allowed access to photos and contacts on a locked device, is most notable.
Here’s what you need to know about Apple’s latest software updates.
Apart from the new TV app, redesigned emoji and a few new full screen Messages effects there are a few security details worth mentioning.
Here are a few of the highlights:
Accessibility
CVE-2016-7634 & CVE-2016-7664: With accessibility set up, iOS previously spoke passwords out loud, which of course allowed anyone within earshot to hear them. This behavior was disabled. An issue also existed with the lock screen, which allowed access to photos and contacts on a locked device. This was fixed by restricting lock screen options.
Find My iPhone
CVE-2016-7638: Usually when you try to disable Find My iPhone, you must enter your Apple ID password. This apparently did not always happen or was able to be bypassed by an attacker who got their hands on an unlocked device. Improved storage of account information fixed this issue.
Local Authentication
CVE-2016-7601: The idle timer in iOS makes sure your device’s screen locks after a set amount of time. An issue with this timer sometimes prevented this from happening. The issue was addressed by improving the handling of the timer.
CVE-2016-4689: Email can be secured with S/MIME certificates and can be set to sign, encrypt or both. An email signed with a revoked certificate may have appeared valid while in fact it was not. S/MIME policy failed to check if a certificate was valid. This issue was addressed by notifying a user if an email was signed with a revoked certificate.
SpringBoard
CVE-2016-4781: In some cases, a counter issue existed in the handling of passcode attempts when resetting the passcode. This could have allowed someone to unlock a device. The issue was resolved through improved state management. SpringBoard manages the home screen on your iOS device.
Click here to see the full list of iOS 10.2 security fixesAvailable for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A nearby user may be able to overhear spoken passwords
Description: A disclosure issue existed in the handling of passwords. This issue was addressed by disabling the speaking of passwords.
CVE-2016-7634: Davut Hari
Accessibility
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access photos and contacts from the lock screen
Description: A lock screen issue allowed access to photos and contacts on a locked device. This issue was addressed by restricting options offered on a locked device.
CVE-2016-7664: Miguel Alvarado of iDeviceHelp
Accounts
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An issue existed which did not reset the authorization settings on app uninstall
Description: This issue was addressed through improved sanitization.
CVE-2016-7651: Ju Zhu and Lilang Wu of Trend Micro
Audio
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7658: Haohao Kong of Keen Lab (@keen_lab) of Tencent
CVE-2016-7659: Haohao Kong of Keen Lab (@keen_lab) of Tencent
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreFoundation
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing malicious strings may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of strings. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7663: an anonymous researcher
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreGraphics
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to unexpected application termination
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7627: TRAPMINE Inc. & Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreMedia External Displays
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local application may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the mediaserver daemon
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7655: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreMedia Playback
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted .mp4 file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7588: dragonltx of Huawei 2012 Laboratories
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreText
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the handling of font files. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7595: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
Entry added December 13, 2016
Disk Images
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7616: daybreaker@Minionz working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
Find My iPhone
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An attacker with an unlocked device may be able to disable Find My iPhone
Description: A state management issue existed in the handling of authentication information. This issue was addressed through improved storage of account information.
CVE-2016-7638: an anonymous researcher, Sezer Sakiner
FontParser
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the handling of font files. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-4691: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
Entry added December 13, 2016
FontParser
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow existed in the handling of font files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-4688: Simon Huang of Alipay company, thelongestusernameofall@gmail.com
Entry added December 13, 2016
Graphics Driver
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Watching a maliciously crafted video may lead to a denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue existed in the handling of video. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7665: Moataz El Gaml of Schlumberger
ICU
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7594: André Bargull
Entry added December 13, 2016
Image Capture
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A malicious HID device may be able to cause arbitrary code execution
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of USB image devices. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4690: Andy Davis of NCC Group
ImageIO
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7643: Yangkang (@dnpushme) of Qihoo360 Qex Team
Entry added December 13, 2016
IOHIDFamily
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local application with system privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7591: daybreaker of Minionz
Entry added December 13, 2016
IOKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7657: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7606: @cocoahuke, Chen Qin of Topsec Alpha Team (topsec.com)
CVE-2016-7612: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory
Description: An insufficient initialization issue was addressed by properly initializing memory returned to user space.
CVE-2016-7607: Brandon Azad
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7615: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local user may be able to cause an unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in the kernel
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7621: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7637: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local application with system privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7644: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
libarchive
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local attacker may be able to overwrite existing files
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed through improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2016-7619: an anonymous researcher
Entry added December 13, 2016
Local Authentication
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: The device may not lock the screen after the idle timeout
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of the idle timer when the Touch ID prompt is shown. This issue was addressed through improved handling of the idle timer.
CVE-2016-7601: an anonymous researcher
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An email signed with a revoked certificate may appear valid
Description: S/MIME policy failed to check if a certificate was valid. This issue was addressed by notifying a user if an email was signed with a revoked certificate.
CVE-2016-4689: an anonymous researcher
Media Player
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A user may be able to view photos and contacts from the lockscreen
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of media selection. This issue was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7653
Power Management
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An issue in mach port name references was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7661: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Profiles
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of certificate profiles. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7626: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (cxsecurity.com)
Safari Reader
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Enabling the Safari Reader feature on a maliciously crafted webpage may lead to universal cross site scripting
Description: Multiple validation issues were addressed through improved input sanitization.
CVE-2016-7650: Erling Ellingsen
Entry added December 13, 2016
Security
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An attacker may be able to exploit weaknesses in the 3DES cryptographic algorithm
Description: 3DES was removed as a default cipher.
CVE-2016-4693: Gaëtan Leurent and Karthikeyan Bhargavan from INRIA Paris
Entry added December 13, 2016
Security
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of OCSP responder URLs. This issue was addressed by verifying OCSP revocation status after CA validation and limiting the number of OCSP requests per certificate.
CVE-2016-7636: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (cxsecurity.com)
Entry added December 13, 2016
Security
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Certificates may be unexpectedly evaluated as trusted
Description: A certificate evaluation issue existed in certificate validation. This issue was addressed through additional validation of certificates.
CVE-2016-7662: Apple
Entry added December 13, 2016
SpringBoard
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to unlock the device
Description: In some cases, a counter issue existed in the handling of passcode attempts when resetting the passcode. This was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-4781: an anonymous researcher
SpringBoard
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to keep the device unlocked
Description: A cleanup issue existed in the handling of Handoff with Siri. This was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7597: an anonymous researcher
syslog
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An issue in mach port name references was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7660: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4692: Apple
CVE-2016-7635: Apple
CVE-2016-7652: Apple
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4743: Alan Cutter
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of user information
Description: A validation issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7586: Boris Zbarsky
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7587: Adam Klein
CVE-2016-7610: Zheng Huang of the Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2016-7611: an anonymous researcher working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2016-7639: Tongbo Luo of Palo Alto Networks
CVE-2016-7640: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7641: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7642: Tongbo Luo of Palo Alto Networks
CVE-2016-7645: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7646: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7648: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7649: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7654: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7589: Apple
CVE-2016-7656: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may compromise user information
Description: An issue existed in handling of JavaScript prompts. This was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7592: xisigr of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An uninitialized memory access issue was addressed through improved memory initialization.
CVE-2016-7598: Samuel Groß
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of user information
Description: An issue existed in the handling of HTTP redirects. This issue was addressed through improved cross origin validation.
CVE-2016-7599: Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd.
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may compromise user information
Description: An issue existed in the handling of blob URLs. This issue was addressed through improved URL handling.
CVE-2016-7623: xisigr of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later, iPod touch 6th generation and later
Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted webpage may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7632: Jeonghoon Shin
Entry added December 13, 2016
iOS 10.2 can be downloaded over the air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. You can also connect your iOS device to your Mac and let iTunes do the update for you.
The following security fixes apply to iOS as well.
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7658: Haohao Kong of Keen Lab (@keen_lab) of Tencent
CVE-2016-7659: Haohao Kong of Keen Lab (@keen_lab) of Tencent
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreFoundation
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing malicious strings may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the processing of strings. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7663: an anonymous researcher
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreGraphics
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to unexpected application termination
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7627: TRAPMINE Inc. & Meysam Firouzi @R00tkitSMM
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreMedia External Displays
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local application may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the mediaserver daemon
Description: A type confusion issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7655: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreMedia Playback
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted .mp4 file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7588: dragonltx of Huawei 2012 Laboratories
Entry added December 13, 2016
CoreText
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the handling of font files. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7595: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
Entry added December 13, 2016
Disk Images
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7616: daybreaker@Minionz working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
FontParser
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in the handling of font files. These issues were addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-4691: riusksk(泉哥) of Tencent Security Platform Department
Entry added December 13, 2016
FontParser
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow existed in the handling of font files. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-4688: Simon Huang of Alipay company, thelongestusernameofall@gmail.com
Entry added December 13, 2016
ICU
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7594: André Bargull
Entry added December 13, 2016
ImageIO
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to leak memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-2016-7643: Yangkang (@dnpushme) of Qihoo360 Qex Team
Entry added December 13, 2016
IOHIDFamily
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local application with system privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7591: daybreaker of Minionz
Entry added December 13, 2016
IOKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7657: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7606: @cocoahuke, Chen Qin of Topsec Alpha Team (topsec.com)
CVE-2016-7612: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory
Description: An insufficient initialization issue was addressed by properly initializing memory returned to user space.
CVE-2016-7607: Brandon Azad
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local user may be able to cause a system denial of service
Description: A denial of service issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-7615: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local user may be able to cause an unexpected system termination or arbitrary code execution in the kernel
Description: A use after free issue was addressed through improved memory management.
CVE-2016-7621: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Kernel
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7637: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
libarchive
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local attacker may be able to overwrite existing files
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed through improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2016-7619: an anonymous researcher
Entry added December 13, 2016
Power Management
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An issue in mach port name references was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7661: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
Profiles
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue existed in the handling of certificate profiles. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-7626: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (cxsecurity.com)
Security
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An attacker may be able to exploit weaknesses in the 3DES cryptographic algorithm
Description: 3DES was removed as a default cipher.
CVE-2016-4693: Gaëtan Leurent and Karthikeyan Bhargavan from INRIA Paris
Entry added December 13, 2016
Security
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of OCSP responder URLs. This issue was addressed by verifying OCSP revocation status after CA validation and limiting the number of OCSP requests per certificate.
CVE-2016-7636: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (cxsecurity.com)
Entry added December 13, 2016
Security
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Certificates may be unexpectedly evaluated as trusted
Description: A certificate evaluation issue existed in certificate validation. This issue was addressed through additional validation of certificates.
CVE-2016-7662: Apple
Entry added December 13, 2016
syslog
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: A local user may be able to gain root privileges
Description: An issue in mach port name references was addressed through improved validation.
CVE-2016-7660: Ian Beer of Google Project Zero
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
CVE-2016-4692: Apple
CVE-2016-7635: Apple
CVE-2016-7652: Apple
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2016-4743: Alan Cutter
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of user information
Description: A validation issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7586: Boris Zbarsky
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7587: Adam Klein
CVE-2016-7610: Zheng Huang of the Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2016-7611: an anonymous researcher working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2016-7639: Tongbo Luo of Palo Alto Networks
CVE-2016-7640: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7641: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7642: Tongbo Luo of Palo Alto Networks
CVE-2016-7645: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7646: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7648: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7649: Kai Kang of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
CVE-2016-7654: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7589: Apple
CVE-2016-7656: Keen Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: An uninitialized memory access issue was addressed through improved memory initialization.
CVE-2016-7598: Samuel Groß
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may result in the disclosure of user information
Description: An issue existed in the handling of HTTP redirects. This issue was addressed through improved cross origin validation.
CVE-2016-7599: Muneaki Nishimura (nishimunea) of Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd.
Entry added December 13, 2016
WebKit
Available for: Apple TV (4th generation)
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved state management.
CVE-2016-7632: Jeonghoon Shin
Entry added December 13, 2016
Apple has removed the web page detailing the security fixes of watchOS, presumably due to the issues some users are having with the update. The update itself has also been pulled. Once the update is fixed and released again, details will be posted here.
For Apple TV the update can be downloaded directly from the Apple TV by going to Settings > System > Update Software.
Once it’s available again, for Apple Watch the update can be installed by connecting the watch to its charger then on the iPhone open the Apple Watch app > My Watch tab > General > Software Update.
A lot of people were expecting the next macOS update to be released alongside iOS 10.2, tvOS 10.1 and watchOS 3.1.1. While Apple’s release schedule is, of course, not set in stone, I suspect there may be a small delay with the macOS update because they are implementing the new iCloud “report spam” feature last minute. It’s just my guess at this point, but I’m expecting macOS 10.12.2 to be released tomorrow.
macOS Sierra 10.12.2 was released a day after this article was written. A writeup of it’s security fixes can be found here.
Editor’s note: Originally published December 13, 2016. This post was updated December 14, 2016 for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
