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Apple to patch PDF vulnerability in iOS

Apple said it will issue a patch that will close a PDF hole in iOS. Though this security hole is well known by iOS owners, it made headlines recently when the German government issued a malware warning about this "critical weakness" in Apple's iOS operating system. As it has done in the past with other security issues, Apple will release an update in the coming weeks to close this hole.

Those that jailbreak their iOS devices will want to avoid this update. The exploit that Apple will patch is the same one used by Comex in jailbreakme, an online jailbreak tool. Ironically, those that want to close this exploit now can do so using this jailbreak tool. Just jailbreak your iOS device and install a security patch from Cydia.



Apple said it will issue a patch that will close a PDF hole in iOS. Though this security hole is well known by iOS owners, it made...
 

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daewootech

seems like a pointless post.

July 07 2011 at 12:30 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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mikehild

No it isn't, it's warning jailbreakers to avoid that update.

July 07 2011 at 1:52 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
bjbjohnson

Apple comes out with patches suspiciously faster when they're being used for a jailbreak than most other exploits.

July 07 2011 at 12:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

It's 4.0.2 all over again. Get your SHSHs right now via TinyUmbrella.

July 07 2011 at 11:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Richard Servello

Why won't apple just leave jailbreakers alone???? Most of their innovations on the iPhone have come from jailbreak apps.....seems like losing the jailbreak community due to stubbornness is a bad idea.

July 07 2011 at 11:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mark

This isn't about jailbreakers, it's about the "malicious exploit" if you ask Apple.

July 07 2011 at 11:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vertigo

I'm a big supporter of jailbreaking and jailbreak my iPhone every time, but there is a pretty big problem when something like this can be triggered by visiting a website. Apple definitely needs to patch this security hole.

Honestly, I don't know why they released the jailbreak this way, as they knew Apple would have to patch this once it's public, and they lose another exploit. Kind of silly of them if you ask me.

July 07 2011 at 12:04 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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