What's New In The Updates For Macos Mojave

Mojave

Software Updates have seen a major change; while app updates remain within the Mac App Store, System Updates has been removed and relocated to its own macOS Mojave preference pane. IOS Apps Come to the Mac Four popular iOS apps are making the transition to the Mac. New in Mojave are News, Stocks, Home, and Voice Memos apps. MacOS Catalina includes new features to help everyone get the most out of Mac. Voice Control lets users who can’t use traditional input devices control Mac, iPad and iPhone entirely with their voice. New tools for users with low vision allow you to zoom in on a paragraph of text or the entire screen.

Security Updates for macOS 10.14 & 10.13 are now Available.

Today, Apple released macOS Mojave Security Update 2020-002 and High Sierra Security Update 2020-002. Below you will find Build Versions, Download Links, Update Sizes and previous Security Update Links. MacOS Sierra is no longer supported by Apple for Security Updates.

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I document all of the macOS Build Versions like the latest Mojave 2020-002 High Sierra 2020-002 along with most Apple Applications, XProtect, Gatekeeper and MRT updates in one database. You can check out the link below.

MacOS Mojave Security Update 2020-002 (18G4032)

macOS Mojave Security Update 2020-002
Size = 1.62gb
Package Download and Information Link

Information on the Security fixes included in the 2020-002 Mojave Security Update

MacOS High Sierra Security Update 2020-002 (17G12034)

10.13.6 High Sierra Security Update 2020-002
Size = 2.1gb
Package Download and Information Link

Information on the Security fixes included in the 2020-002 High Sierra Security Update

Safari Update

Safari was updated to version 13.1

Download Size for High Sierra = 66.2mb

Downloads Size for Mojave = 70.5mb

T2 BridgeOS Update

Both the 2020-002 and 2020-002 Security Updates upgrade BridgeOS to version – 17.16.14263

Security Content for Safari 13.1

Previous Releases

1. MacOS Security Updates released 01/28/20 – Mojave 2020-001 (18G3020) & High Sierra 2020-001 (17G11023)
2. MacOS Security Updates released 12/10/19 – Mojave 2019-002 (18G2022) & High Sierra 2019-007 (17G10021)
3.Security Updates released 10/31/19 – Mojave 2019-001 (18G1012) & HS 2019-006 (17G9016)
4. macOS updates released 9/26/19 – 10.14.6 Mojave #3 (18G103) – 10.13 & 10.12 (2019-005)
5. macOS updates released 7/22/19 – 10.14.6 Mojave (18G84)- 10.13 & 10.12 2019-004)
6. macOS updates released 5/13/19 – 10.14.5 Mojave (18F132) – 10.13. & 10.12 (2019-003)
7. macOS updates released 3/25/19 – 10.14.4 Mojave (18E226) – 10.13 & 10.12 (2019-002)

Security Related Content for 2020-002

Security Update 2020-002 Mojave, Security Update 2020-002 High Sierra

Released March 24, 2020

AppleGraphicsControl

Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved state management.

CVE-2020-3904: Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team

Bluetooth

Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Impact: A local user may be able to cause unexpected system termination or read kernel memory

Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2020-3907: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

CVE-2020-3908: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

CVE-2020-3912: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

Bluetooth

Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.

CVE-2020-3892: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

CVE-2020-3893: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

CVE-2020-3905: Yu Wang of Didi Research America

Bluetooth

Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

CVE-2019-8853: Jianjun Dai of Qihoo 360 Alpha Lab

IOHIDFamily

Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges

Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2020-3919: an anonymous researcher

IOThunderboltFamily

Available for: macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Impact: An application may be able to gain elevated privileges

Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.

CVE-2020-3851: Xiaolong Bai and Min (Spark) Zheng of Alibaba Inc. and Luyi Xing of Indiana University Bloomington

Kernel

Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory

Description: A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2020-3914: pattern-f (@pattern_F_) of WaCai

libxml2

Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6, macOS Mojave 10.14.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Impact: Multiple issues in libxml2

Description: A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

CVE-2020-3909: LGTM.com

CVE-2020-3911: found by OSS-Fuzz