Along with macOS 11.5 being released, security updates have arrived for both macOS Catalina and Mojave.Fixes included are for flaws that could lead to malicious applications gaining root access. Every update to the macOS comes with new features designed to make your work more efficient and effective. The latest release – Big Sur, to be released november 12 – is no exception. Nor was the previous release, Cataline. This is currently being fixed by Adobe. In the meantime here are 3 easy steps to get around this issue. STEP 1: Open Spoltlight by clicking the magnifying glass on your Mac and type the word ‘Terminal’ and hit enter to open the Terminal application. STEP 2: Copy and paste the following text into Terminal. Cd /Library/Frameworks && sudo. MacOS Catalina The power of Mac. Featuring all-new, dedicated apps for music, TV, and podcasts. Smart new features in the apps you use every day. And Sidecar, which lets you use iPad as a second Mac display. Learn how to update; Upgrade now. This list will be updated as other compatible models become available. If you're using one of these computers with OS X Mavericks or later, you can install macOS Catalina. Your Mac also needs at least 4GB of memory and 12.5GB of available storage space, or up to 18.5GB of storage space when upgrading from OS X Yosemite or earlier.
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For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available. Recent releases are listed on the Apple security updates page.
Apple security documents reference vulnerabilities by CVE-ID when possible.
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Security Update 2021-003 Catalina
Released May 24, 2021
AMD
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30676: shrek_wzw
AMD
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30678: Yu Wang of Didi Research America
App Store
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation
Description: A malicious application may be able to break out of its sandbox.
CVE-2021-30688: Thijs Alkemade of Computest Research Division
Entry added July 21, 2021
AppleScript
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30669: Yair Hoffman
Audio
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted audio file may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30685: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
CoreAudio
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking
Description: Processing a maliciously crafted audio file may disclose restricted memory.
CVE-2021-30686: Mickey Jin of Trend Micro working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added July 21, 2021
Core Services
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks.
CVE-2021-30681: Zhongcheng Li (CK01)
CVMS
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30724: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Dock
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application may be able to access a user's call history
Description: An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.
CVE-2021-30673: Josh Parnham (@joshparnham)
Graphics Drivers
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30684: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Graphics Drivers
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking
Description: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
CVE-2021-30735: Jack Dates of RET2 Systems, Inc. (@ret2systems) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added July 21, 2021
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application may cause a denial of service or potentially disclose memory contents
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30710: Gabe Kirkpatrick (@gabe_k)
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: A race condition was addressed with improved locking.
CVE-2021-1884: Gabe Kirkpatrick (@gabe_k)
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted server messages may lead to heap corruption
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-1883: Gabe Kirkpatrick (@gabe_k)
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A local user may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30697: Gabe Kirkpatrick (@gabe_k)
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application could execute arbitrary code leading to compromise of user information
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2021-30683: Gabe Kirkpatrick (@gabe_k)
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to disclosure of user information
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-30687: Hou JingYi (@hjy79425575) of Qihoo 360
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Catalina
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Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30701: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro and Ye Zhang of Baidu Security
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds write was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-30743: CFF of Topsec Alpha Team, an anonymous researcher, and Jeonghoon Shin(@singi21a) of THEORI working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted ASTC file may disclose memory contents
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30705: Ye Zhang of Baidu Security
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-30728: Liu Long of Ant Security Light-Year Lab
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An out-of-bounds read issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code
Description: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory.
CVE-2021-30719: an anonymous researcher working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Entry added July 21, 2021
Intel Graphics Driver
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking
Description: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
CVE-2021-30726: Yinyi Wu(@3ndy1) of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Entry added July 21, 2021
Kernel
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30704: an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted message may lead to a denial of service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30715: The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation
Description: A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.
CVE-2021-30739: Zuozhi Fan (@pattern_F_) of Ant Group Tianqiong Security Lab
Entry added July 21, 2021
Login Window
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A person with physical access to a Mac may be able to bypass Login Window
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30702: Jewel Lambert of Original Spin, LLC.
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management
Description: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to misrepresent application state.
CVE-2021-30696: Fabian Ising and Damian Poddebniak of Münster University of Applied Sciences
Entry added July 21, 2021
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30723: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
CVE-2021-30691: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
CVE-2021-30694: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
CVE-2021-30692: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-30746: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2021-30693: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) & Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz) of Trend Micro
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2021-30695: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) & Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz) of Trend Micro
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2021-30708: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) & Junzhi Lu (@pwn0rz) of Trend Micro
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may disclose memory contents
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2021-30709: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
Model I/O
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted USD file may lead to unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30725: Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro
NSOpenPanel
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges
Description: This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code.
CVE-2021-30679: Gabe Kirkpatrick (@gabe_k)
OpenLDAP
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service
Description: This issue was addressed with improved checks.
CVE-2020-36226
CVE-2020-36229
CVE-2020-36225
CVE-2020-36224
CVE-2020-36223
CVE-2020-36227
What Is Latest Update For Catalina
CVE-2020-36228
CVE-2020-36221
CVE-2020-36222
CVE-2020-36230
Security
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A memory corruption issue in the ASN.1 decoder was addressed by removing the vulnerable code
Description: Processing a maliciously crafted certificate may lead to arbitrary code execution.
CVE-2021-30737: xerub
Entry added July 21, 2021
smbx
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to perform denial of service
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30716: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
smbx
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to execute arbitrary code
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30717: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
smbx
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30712: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
smbx
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2021-30721: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
smbx
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: An information disclosure issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2021-30722: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos
TCC
Available for: macOS Catalina
Impact: A malicious application may be able to send unauthorized Apple events to Finder
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved logic.
CVE-2021-30671: Ryan Bell (@iRyanBell)
Additional recognition
App Store
We would like to acknowledge Thijs Alkemade of Computest Research Division for their assistance.
CFString
We would like to acknowledge an anonymous researcher for their assistance.
CoreCapture
We would like to acknowledge Zuozhi Fan (@pattern_F_) of Ant-financial TianQiong Security Lab for their assistance.
macOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages. And get even more transparency around your privacy.
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When Software Update says that your Mac is up to date, the installed version of macOS and all of its apps are also up to date. That includes Safari, Music, Photos, Books, Messages, Mail, Calendar, and FaceTime. MacUpdate is the best way to discover Free Mac Software. Download, install, or update Mac Apps, read user reviews or submit your own. Update Raspbian to the Latest Version (Stretch to Buster) As noted, Raspbian is based on Debian and follows the parent distro's naming conventions. To upgrade Raspbian Stretch to Raspbian Buster, start by updating and upgrading to the most recent packages. Sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade -y. Next, the firmware should be updated with.
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If upgrading from macOS Sierra or later, macOS Big Sur requires 35.5GB of available storage to upgrade. If upgrading from an earlier release, macOS Big Sur requires up to 44.5GB of available storage. To upgrade from OS X Mountain Lion, first upgrade to OS X El Capitan, then upgrade to macOS Big Sur.
Make a backup
Before installing any upgrade, it’s a good idea to back up your Mac. Time Machine makes it simple, and other backup methods are also available. Learn how to back up your Mac.
Get connected
It takes time to download and install macOS, so make sure that you have a reliable Internet connection. If you're using a Mac notebook computer, plug it into AC power.
Download macOS Big Sur
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If you're using macOS Mojave or later, get macOS Big Sur via Software Update: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Software Update.
Or use this link to open the macOS Big Sur page on the App Store: Get macOS Big Sur. Then click the Get button or iCloud download icon.
Begin installation
After downloading, the installer opens automatically.
Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions. You might find it easiest to begin installation in the evening so that it can complete overnight, if needed.
If the installer asks for permission to install a helper tool, enter the administrator name and password that you use to log in to your Mac, then click Add Helper.
Allow installation to complete
Please allow installation to complete without putting your Mac to sleep or closing its lid. Your Mac might restart, show a progress bar, or show a blank screen several times as it installs both macOS and related updates to your Mac firmware.
Stay up to date
After installing macOS Big Sur, you will be notified when updates to macOS Big Sur are available. You can also use Software Update to check for updates: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Software Update.
Or get macOS Big Sur automatically
If you're using OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 or later and your App Store preferences or Software Update preferences are set to download new updates when available, macOS Big Sur will download conveniently in the background, making it even easier to upgrade. A notification will inform you when macOS Big Sur is ready to be installed. Click Install to get started, or dismiss the notification to install later. When you're ready to install, just open the file named Install macOS Big Sur from your Applications folder.
Learn more
- If the installer shows a list of apps that are not optimized for your Mac, learn about 32-bit app compatibility, then choose whether to proceed with the installation.
- For the strongest security and latest features, upgrade to macOS Big Sur. If you have hardware or software that isn't compatible with Big Sur, you might be able to install an earlier macOS.
- You can also use macOS Recovery to reinstall the macOS you're using now, upgrade to the latest compatible macOS, or install the macOS that came with your Mac.
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- Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu , then click Software Update to check for updates.
- If any updates are available, click the Update Now button to install them. Or click “More info” to see details about each update and select specific updates to install. You might be asked to enter your administrator password.
- When Software Update says that your Mac is up to date, the installed version of macOS and all of its apps are also up to date. That includes Safari, Music, Photos, Books, Messages, Mail, Calendar, and FaceTime.
- To automatically install future updates, including for apps that you got from the App Store, select “Automatically keep my Mac up to date.” Your Mac will notify you when updates require it to restart, so you can always choose to install those later.
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- Learn how to get updates for earlier versions of macOS that don't include Software Update preferences.
- You can also use the App Store to update apps or redownload apps that came from the App Store.
- Learn which macOS your Mac is using and how to upgrade to the latest macOS.
- When your Mac is connected to a Personal Hotspot, large updates don't download automatically.