Whats New in iOS 11.0.1 and Why You Should Upgrade
Users running devices that support iOS 11.0.1 should upgrade right away because of all the security fixes included in this release. The update comes in at about 280 MBs, so it’s relatively small but make sure you connect to a speedy Wi-Fi network before you start the download.
Here’s a List of Changes in iOS 11.0.1
This new update seems to patch critical areas of the system preventing potential remote attacks or arbitrary code execution. Considering our smartphones are with us at all times, it’s not impossible something like that could happen. Here are the details about the changes included: So, should you upgrade? Always! You don’t have to right this second, but I would not skip a day without installing it. I recommend you monitor social media and websites to see if anything pops up before the day is out. Usually, these first updates can come with more bugs than they actually fix. Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An application may be able to access restricted files Description: A privacy issue existed in the handling of Contact cards. This was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2017-7131: an anonymous researcher, Elvis (@elvisimprsntr), Dominik Conrads of Federal Office for Information Security, an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 CFNetwork Proxies Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to cause a denial of service Description: Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2017-7083: Abhinav Bansal of Zscaler Inc. Entry added September 25, 2017 CoreAudio Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed by updating to Opus version 1.1.4. CVE-2017-0381: V.E.O (@VYSEa) of Mobile Threat Research Team, Trend Micro Entry added September 25, 2017 Exchange ActiveSync Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to erase a device during Exchange account setup Description: A validation issue existed in AutoDiscover V1. This was addressed by requiring TLS for AutoDiscover V1. AutoDiscover V2 is now supported. CVE-2017-7088: Ilya Nesterov, Maxim Goncharov Heimdal Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to impersonate a service Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of the KDC-REP service name. This issue was addressed through improved validation. CVE-2017-11103: Jeffrey Altman, Viktor Duchovni, and Nico Williams Entry added September 25, 2017 iBooks Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to a persistent denial-of-service Description: Multiple denial of service issues were addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2017-7072: Jędrzej Krysztofiak Kernel Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2017-7114: Alex Plaskett of MWR InfoSecurity Entry added September 25, 2017 Keyboard Suggestions Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Keyboard autocorrect suggestions may reveal sensitive information Description: The iOS keyboard was inadvertently caching sensitive information. This issue was addressed with improved heuristics. CVE-2017-7140: an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 libc Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service Description: A resource exhaustion issue in glob() was addressed through an improved algorithm. CVE-2017-7086: Russ Cox of Google Entry added September 25, 2017 libc Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An application may be able to cause a denial of service Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed through improved memory handling. CVE-2017-1000373 Entry added September 25, 2017 libexpat Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Multiple issues in expat Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 2.2.1 CVE-2016-9063 CVE-2017-9233 Entry added September 25, 2017 Location Framework Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An application may be able to read sensitive location information Description: A permissions issue existed in the handling of the location variable. This was addressed with additional ownership checks. CVE-2017-7148: an anonymous researcher, an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 Mail Drafts Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may be able to intercept mail contents Description: An encryption issue existed in the handling of mail drafts. This issue was addressed with improved handling of mail drafts meant to be sent encrypted. CVE-2017-7078: an anonymous researcher, an anonymous researcher, an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 Mail MessageUI Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation. CVE-2017-7097: Xinshu Dong and Jun Hao Tan of Anquan Capital Messages Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service Description: A denial of service issue was addressed through improved validation. CVE-2017-7118: Kiki Jiang and Jason Tokoph MobileBackup Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Backup may perform an unencrypted backup despite a requirement to perform only encrypted backups Description: A permissions issue existed. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation. CVE-2017-7133: Don Sparks of HackediOS.com Phone Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: A screenshot of secure content may be taken when locking an iOS device Description: A timing issue existed in the handling of locking. This issue was addressed by disabling screenshots while locking. CVE-2017-7139: an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 Safari Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2017-7085: xisigr of Tencent’s Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com) Security Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: A revoked certificate may be trusted Description: A certificate validation issue existed in the handling of revocation data. This issue was addressed through improved validation. CVE-2017-7080: an anonymous researcher, an anonymous researcher, Sven Driemecker of adesso mobile solutions gmbh, Rune Darrud (@theflyingcorpse) of Bærum kommune Entry added September 25, 2017 Security Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: A malicious app may be able to track users between installs Description: A permission checking issue existed in the handling of an app’s Keychain data. This issue was addressed with improved permission checking. CVE-2017-7146: an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 SQLite Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Multiple issues in SQLite Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 3.19.3. CVE-2017-10989: found by OSS-Fuzz CVE-2017-7128: found by OSS-Fuzz CVE-2017-7129: found by OSS-Fuzz CVE-2017-7130: found by OSS-Fuzz Entry added September 25, 2017 SQLite Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2017-7127: an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 Time Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: “Setting Time Zone” may incorrectly indicate that it is using location Description: A permissions issue existed in the process that handles time zone information. The issue was resolved by modifying permissions. CVE-2017-7145: an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation. CVE-2017-7081: Apple Entry added September 25, 2017 WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2017-7087: Apple CVE-2017-7091: Wei Yuan of Baidu Security Lab working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative CVE-2017-7092: Samuel Gro and Niklas Baumstark working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative, Qixun Zhao (@S0rryMybad) of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team CVE-2017-7093: Samuel Gro and Niklas Baumstark working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative CVE-2017-7094: Tim Michaud (@TimGMichaud) of Leviathan Security Group CVE-2017-7095: Wang Junjie, Wei Lei, and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative CVE-2017-7096: Wei Yuan of Baidu Security Lab CVE-2017-7098: Felipe Freitas of Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica CVE-2017-7099: Apple CVE-2017-7100: Masato Kinugawa and Mario Heiderich of Cure53 CVE-2017-7102: Wang Junjie, Wei Lei, and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University CVE-2017-7104: likemeng of Baidu Secutity Lab CVE-2017-7107: Wang Junjie, Wei Lei, and Liu Yang of Nanyang Technological University CVE-2017-7111: likemeng of Baidu Security Lab (xlab.baidu.com) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative CVE-2017-7117: lokihardt of Google Project Zero CVE-2017-7120: chenqin (陈钦) of Ant-financial Light-Year Security Lab Entry added September 25, 2017 WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to universal cross site scripting Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of the parent-tab. This issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2017-7089: Anton Lopanitsyn of ONSEC, Frans Rosén of Detectify WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Cookies belonging to one origin may be sent to another origin Description: A permissions issue existed in the handling of web browser cookies. This issue was addressed by no longer returning cookies for custom URL schemes. CVE-2017-7090: Apple Entry added September 25, 2017 WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management. CVE-2017-7106: Oliver Paukstadt of Thinking Objects GmbH (to.com) WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to a cross site scripting attack Description: Application Cache policy may be unexpectedly applied. CVE-2017-7109: avlidienbrunn Entry added September 25, 2017 WebKit Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: A malicious website may be able to track users in Safari private browsing mode Description: A permissions issue existed in the handling of web browser cookies. This issue was addressed with improved restrictions. CVE-2017-7144: an anonymous researcher Entry added September 25, 2017 Wi-Fi Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: An attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2017-11120: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero CVE-2017-11121: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero Entry added September 25, 2017 Wi-Fi Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Malicious code executing on the Wi-Fi chip may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on the application processor Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. CVE-2017-7103: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero CVE-2017-7105: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero CVE-2017-7108: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero CVE-2017-7110: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero CVE-2017-7112: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero Wi-Fi Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Malicious code executing on the Wi-Fi chip may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges on the application processor Description: Multiple race conditions were addressed through improved validation. CVE-2017-7115: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero Wi-Fi Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Malicious code executing on the Wi-Fi chip may be able to read restricted kernel memory Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. CVE-2017-7116: Gal Beniamini of Google Project Zero zlib Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: Multiple issues in zlib Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 1.2.11. CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9843 Source Anyway, let us know how it goes and tell us how well iOS 11 been running on your Apple devices so far. 2) With my Iphone 6+, the problem after upgrading is very short time battery. But at least I can use it. I thank you in advance for your help Comment Name * Email *
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