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OS X update for libxpc (CVE-2020-10014)

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OS X update for libxpc (CVE-2020-10014)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/13/2020
Created
11/14/2020
Added
11/13/2020
Modified
12/11/2023

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1. A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-001-catalina
  • apple-osx-security-update-2020-007-mojave
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_0_1

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