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OS X update for CFNetwork Proxies (CVE-2016-4643)

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OS X update for CFNetwork Proxies (CVE-2016-4643)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/11/2016
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

In iOS before 9.3.3, tvOS before 9.2.2, and OS X El Capitan before v10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004, a validation issue existed in the parsing of 407 responses. This issue was addressed through improved response validation.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_11_6

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