Apple Releases Meltdown and Spectre Patches for macOS Sierra and El Capitan

Apple published today a new support document about the security content of the macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 software update released earlier today, along with new security updates for macOS Sierra and El Capitan.

Two major security vulnerabilities have been unearthed earlier this month, dubbed Spectre and Meltdown, discovered to affect billions of devices, including Macs. Apple already patched the Meltdown security vulnerability with last year’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.2.

But Spectre patches were released with a macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update a week later. However, these security fixes to mitigate Meltdown and Spectre weren’t available for older macOS versi… (read more)

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