Apple units, together with the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac and extra operating on older software program may very well be weak to a number of safety flaws, mentioned the Indian Pc Emergency Response Workforce (CERT-In). The cybersecurity company has referred to as the vulnerabilities ‘excessive severity’ and urged customers to put in the most recent safety updates by the corporate to keep away from any potential cyberattacks by unhealthy actors. Notably, these safety flaws had been found in software program variations older than iOS 17.6, iPadOS 16.7.9, watchOS 10.6, and macOS Sonoma 14.6, Ventura 13.6.8, and Monterey 12.7.6.
Cert-In Points Advisory for Apple Gadgets
In an advisory issued on Friday (August 2), the cybersecurity company highlighted a number of safety flaws that had been detected in older software program variations for varied Apple units. These vulnerabilities can reportedly permit unhealthy actors to assault customers in several methods.
“A number of vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple merchandise which may permit an attacker to entry delicate data, execute arbitrary code, bypass safety restrictions, trigger denial of service (DoS) and carry out spoofing assaults on the focused system,” mentioned Cert-In.
The nodal company, which comes underneath the Ministry of Electronics and Info Know-how (MeitY), additionally shared an extended checklist of vulnerabilities labelled as widespread vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE). The complete checklist of weak software program variations is shared under.
- Apple iOS variations previous to 17.6 and iPadOS variations previous to 17.6
- Apple iOS variations previous to 16.7.9 and iPadOS variations previous to 16.7.9
- Apple macOS Sonoma variations previous to 14.6
- Apple macOS Ventura variations previous to 13.6.8
- Apple macOS Monterey variations previous to 12.7.6
- Apple watchOS variations previous to 10.6
- Apple tvOS variations previous to 17.6
- Apple visionOS variations previous to 1.3
- Apple Safari variations previous to 17.6
To keep away from any potential cyberattacks, customers are urged to replace their units with the most recent safety patches offered by Apple. For an in depth checklist, customers can examine the corporate’s support page.
An analogous warning was given by Cert-In in March when the company found a number of safety flaws in Android 12 (and 12L), Android 13, and Android 14. These vulnerabilities reportedly affected the Android working system’s “Framework, System, AMLogic, Arm elements, MediaTek elements, Qualcomm elements & Qualcomm closed-source elements.”
