Apple Releases iOS 11.2.2 With Security Fixes to Address Spectre Vulnerability

apple today released ios 11.2.2, ninth official update ios 11 operating system. ios 11.2.2 comes 1 month after release of ios 11.2.1, minor update, , month after ios 11.2, brought brought apple pay cash, faster 7.5w wireless charging, , long list of bug fixes.

ios 11.2.2 update can downloaded free on eligible devices over-the-air in settings app. access update, go settings --> general --> software update.

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ios 11.2.2 includes further fixes "meltdown" , "spectre" vulnerabilities came light last week. meltdown , spectre serious hardware-based vulnerabilities take advantage of speculative execution mechanism of cpu, allowing hackers gain access sensitive information.

while meltdown addressed in ios 11.2 update, apple said introduce mitigation spectre week. there no hardware fix spectre, apple addressing vulnerability using safari-based software workarounds. apple's security support document:

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available for: iphone 5s , later, ipad air , later, , ipod touch 6th generation
description: ios 11.2.2 includes security improvements safari , webkit mitigate effects of spectre (cve-2017-5753 , cve-2017-5715).

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big security update.

 

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