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OS X update for StreamingZip (CVE-2019-8568)

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OS X update for StreamingZip (CVE-2019-8568)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/14/2019
Created
05/15/2019
Added
05/14/2019
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 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_14_5

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