Mac OS X 10.8.5 Released with Apple’s Security Update 2013-004

• Lysa Myers
11 years ago
Categories: Security News
Tags: Apple, Mac, OS X Update 10.8.5, Security Update 2013-004

Apple has released a new version of its OS X Mountain Lion operating system to Mac OS X 10.8.5. This update includes multiple bug fixes and improves the security of Mac OS X. Included with Mac OS X 10.8.5 is Security Update 2013-004, which addresses multiple security problems. Security Update 2013-002 is also available for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard.

Altogether, the contents of these security updates include bug fixes for Mac OS X v10.6.8, Mac OS X Server v10.6.8, OS X Lion v10.7.5, OS X Lion Server v10.7.5, in addition to OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 to v10.8.4. Overall, a total of 33 security issues are fixed, covering 31 separate CVEs, 9 of which are related to arbitrary code execution.

• CVE-2012-0883
• CVE-2012-2686
• CVE-2012-2687
• CVE-2012-3499
• CVE-2012-3817
• CVE-2012-4244
• CVE-2012-4558
• CVE-2012-5166
• CVE-2012-5688
• CVE-2013-0166
• CVE-2013-0169
• CVE-2013-1025 : Felix Groebert of the Google Security Team
• CVE-2013-1026 : Felix Groebert of the Google Security Team
• CVE-2013-1027
• CVE-2013-1028 : Alexander Traud of www.traud.de
• CVE-2013-1029 : Christopher Bohn of PROTECTSTAR INC.
• CVE-2013-1030 : Per Olofsson at the University of Gothenburg
• CVE-2013-1031
• CVE-2013-1032 : Jason Kratzer working with iDefense VCP
• CVE-2013-1033 : Jeff Grisso of Atos IT Solutions, Sébastien Stormacq
• CVE-2013-1635
• CVE-2013-1643
• CVE-2013-1775
• CVE-2013-1824
• CVE-2013-1899
• CVE-2013-1900
• CVE-2013-1901
• CVE-2013-2020
• CVE-2013-2021
• CVE-2013-2110
• CVE-2013-2266

Also included in this update is a fix for the sudo vulnerability that was given a CVE identifier in March.

You can go to Apple’s support page for more information about the OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5 update. We strongly encourage all Mac users to download and install all security updates as soon as possible – it is an essential layer of security that keeps your digital life secure.

You can update through Apple’s Software Update tool by choosing Apple menu > Software Update when you’re ready to install.