Important OS X Security Updates Released 9-1-16

The UCLA Information Security Office is providing a reminder that on September 1, 2016, Apple released a set of security updates for Safari and OS X designed to patch vulnerabilities that allow attackers to perform memory disclosure and code execution on vulnerable OS X hosts. The following operating system versions are affected by these vulnerabilities, and the recommended action for each is included:

• OS X Yosemite v10.10.5
  • Install Security Update 2016-005 Yosemite
• OS X El Capitan v10.11.6
• Install Security Update 2016-001 El Capitan
• Install Safari 9.1.3
• Install Safari 9.1.3
• OS X Mavericks v10.9.5
• OS X Yosemite v10.10.5

The UCLA Information Security Office recommends that users with one or more devices running the OS X versions above update their devices accordingly as soon as practical.

For more information about these security updates, please visit  Apple’s advisory pages for both the Safari 9.1.3 update and OS X updates.