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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2019-8703)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2019-8703)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/01/2021
Created
04/02/2021
Added
04/01/2021
Modified
12/06/2022

Description

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in watchOS 6, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15, iOS 13. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15

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