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OS X update for Books (CVE-2019-8789)

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OS X update for Books (CVE-2019-8789)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/06/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1. Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_1

References

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