Along with the arrival of iOS 16.1.1, Apple today released the first public update to macOS Ventura with 13.0.1. The new software fixes a series of bugs and includes fixes for two security flaws that allowed execution of arbitrary code on the Mac.
macOS 13.0.1 now appears for users running Ventura. Head to System Settings > General > Software Update to see if it’s available for your Mac.
Apple notes that two specific security issues have been addressed with today’s release:
libxml2
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: An integer overflow was addressed through improved input validation.
CVE-2022-40303: Maddie Stone from Google Project Zero
libxml2
Available for: macOS Ventura
Impact: A remote user may be able to cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: This issue was addressed through improved checks.
CVE-2022-40304: Ned Williamson and Nathan Wachholz from Google Project Zero
The new public release comes as Apple tests macOS 13.1 and iOS 16.2 with developers and public beta users. The latter comes with quite a few changes:
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