Apple releases fix for SSL Vulnerability in OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion

In the morning of Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Apple releases fix for SSL Vulnerability in OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion and Lion.

The fix for SSL Vulnerability is included in OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.

Safari on OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 passed the goto fail test.

OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Safari goto fail test

OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update

This update:

  • Adds the ability to make and receive FaceTime audio calls
  • Adds call waiting support for FaceTime audio and video calls
  • Adds the ability to block incoming iMessages from individual senders
  • Improves the accuracy of unread counts in Mail
  • Resolves an issue that prevented Mail from receiving new messages from certain providers
  • Improves AutoFill compatibility in Safari
  • Fixes an issue that may cause audio distortion on certain Macs
  • Improves reliability when connecting to a file server using SMB2
  • Fixes an issue that may cause VPN connections to disconnect
  • Improves VoiceOver navigation in Mail and Finder

For detailed information about this update, please visit: About the OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update

Security Update 2014-001 (Mountain Lion)

Security Update 2014-001 (Lion)

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The SSL Vulnerability is currently present in iOS 7.1 beta 5 build 11D5145e. According to an Apple engineer, a new build of iOS 7.1 beta is coming “really soon”.

 

Apple seeds OS X 10.9.2 build 13C53

Apple seeds OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 build 13C53 on Thursday, February 6, 2014, just one week after the release of build 13C48.

OS X 10.9.2 build 13C53

Some developers reported that they did not get the update until late Thursday night, many hours after Apple announced the update on the Developer Website.

Apple seeds OS X 10.9.2 build 13C48

Some sites hit the ground running over Apple Developer NDA and report that Apple seeds another OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 to Developers.

OS X 10.9.2 build 13C48

According to chatters within Apple Developers, there are still some outstanding Finder bugs that was introduced in the first seed of OS X 10.9.2.