Patch/Configuration Management, Vulnerability Management

Apple TV 6.1 released, patches 31 bugs impacting viewers

Danielle WalkerMarch 14, 2014

This week, Apple TV 6.1 was released bringing fixes for 31 bugs impacting the digital media player.

The majority of the vulnerabilities, 19, were security issues in WebKit, a software component that powers Apple's Safari web browser. The patches are available for second generation and later Apple TV boxes, which display digital content from the web or local networks onto high-definition (HD) TVs.

According to an Apple support page detailing the bugs, the Webkit flaws could allow unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution if a user visited a malicious website.

In addition, the Apple TV 6.1 update, released on Monday, rectified a security issue in the handling of MPEG-4 encoded files that could lead to a device becoming unresponsive if a malicious video was played.

Danielle Walker

CISA warns buggy Sophos, Oracle, Microsoft apps join Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list

Vulnerability Management

Updated CISA exploited vulnerabilties catalog includes Windows print spooler bug

SC StaffApril 26, 2024

Attacks by Russian threat operation APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, Strontium, and Forest Blizzard, using the GooseEgg malware to exploit the Windows print spooler flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-38028, have prompted the security issue's inclusion to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, Security Affairs reports.