Along with the release of macOS 13 Ventura on Monday, Apple also release security patches for its older macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur operating systems. The fixes hone in on three vulnerabilities found in older macOS versions have been patched for users unable or unwilling to update to macOS Ventura and are as follows:
AppleMobileFileIntegrity:
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur
Impact: An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system
Description: This issue was addressed by removing additional entitlements.
CVE-2022-42825: Mickey Jin (@patch1t)
Ruby:
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed by updating Ruby to version 2.6.10.
CVE-2022-28739
Sandbox:
Available for: macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur
Impact: An app with root privileges may be able to access private information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved data protection.
CVE-2022-32862: an anonymous researcher
An additional credit was provided in the macOS Monterey security notes for a Calendar fix. An anonymous researcher assisted with an unknown bug not addressed in the primary fixes.
As usual, the updates can be located, downloaded, and installed via System Preferences.
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Via AppleInsider