David— Thanks for that clear explanation. So this <https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/isp-security-notices/operating-system-unsupported <https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/isp-security-notices/operating-system-unsupported>> article should really state that systems need that vulnerability patched?
Thanks, again R > On Mar 23, 2016, at 8:50 AM, David Schwartz <schwa...@berkeley.edu > <mailto:schwa...@berkeley.edu>> wrote: > > In August of last year Apple addressed an OpenSSH vulnerability > (CVE-2015-5600) with "Security Update 2015-006” > (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205031 > <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205031>). Although the update ran on both > Mavericks and Yosemite, OpenSSH was only patched for 10.10.x. At that time > IST was sending out SNS alerts for OS X machines that had Remote Login > enabled; the solution was to disable SSH on machines earlier then 10.10, run > the patch on Yosemite, or later to update to El Capitan when it was > qualified. This is likely what led to security’s decision to sunset support > for OS X 10.9 Mavericks. > > While this week’s release of "Security Update 2016-002” does include some > Mavericks fixes (including some for OpenSSH), CVE-2015-5600 is still not > patched in OS X 10.9.5, so it can still be accurately described as an > "operating system(s) with vulnerabilities that are not patched by Apple…”. > > Bummer. > > -david > > > > >> On Mar 22, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Robert Lettieri <robe...@ssl.berkeley.edu >> <mailto:robe...@ssl.berkeley.edu>> asked: >> >> All— >> According to this: >> https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/isp-security-notices/operating-system-unsupported >> >> <https://security.berkeley.edu/faq/isp-security-notices/operating-system-unsupported> >> >> Current list of Mac OS X versions receiving Security Updates from Apple (as >> of Feb 1 2016): >> >> • Mac OS X 10.10 “Yosemite” >> • Mac OS X 10.11 “El Capitan” >> >> Apple released a security update yesterday for 10.9 >> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 >> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222> >> >> So does that mean that 10.9.5 is now a supported OS? >> >> Robert > > -- > David Schwartz > schwa...@berkeley.edu <mailto:schwa...@berkeley.edu> > > Campus Shared Services IT > To submit a service request, please go to > https://shared-services-help.berkeley.edu/ > <https://shared-services-help.berkeley.edu/> > or call 664-9000, options 1, 4, 2
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