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iOS 14.5.1: Apple releases important security updates

2021-05-04T15:02:27.187Z


A potentially dangerous security hole threatens iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches. Apple users should install the new software immediately. The fix is ​​also available for older devices.


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To do for all iPhone users: Update to iOS 14.5.1

Photo: Matthias Kremp / DER SPIEGEL

After Apple provided a large number of updates in the last week of April, with which, among other things, the anti-tracking function (app tracking transparency) was introduced on iPhones, iPads and iPods, the group submitted the first bug fix for these software versions on Tuesday .

The information pages about the updates to iOS / iPad OS 14.5.1, macOS 11.3.1 and watchOS 7.4.1 state that the patches fix two vulnerabilities in Apple's Webkit system. Webkit is the basic system that Apple uses to display web content, for example in the Safari browser, but also in other apps. The errors would have enabled maliciously manipulated websites to execute malicious code on the devices. Apple is also aware of a report that these vulnerabilities have already been actively exploited.

For Apple users, this means that they should install updates again after the big updates from last week. Absolutely, because the information that the security gaps have already been exploited indicates an acute threat. Fortunately, the new patches are not very large. On an iPhone 12 with iOS 14.5, the download is specified as 127.8 megabytes.

Basically, it is advisable

to activate

the setting

Automatic updates

in the

settings

under

General / Software

update

so that new software versions can be installed without manual intervention. In the case of an acute threat like this one should still initiate the update process manually by selecting

Settings

/

General / Software

update and then

tapping

on

Load and Install

as soon as the update is displayed.

For some older devices that have the same vulnerabilities but are not compatible with iOS 14.5, Apple has released an update to iOS 12.5.3 in parallel.

According to the manufacturer, this fix is ​​suitable for the iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus as well as the iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3 and the sixth generation iPod touch.

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Source: spiegel

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