Apple blocheaza vulnerabilitatea Heartbleed in AirPort Extreme si AirPort Time Capsule

  V-am vorbit deja despre vulnerabilitatea Heartbleed care afecteaza o multitudine de website-uri de pe internet, dar nu si serviciile online ale companiei Apple. Desi serviciile sale online nu sunt afectate de problema, nu acelasi lucru se poate spune si despre AirPort Extreme sau AirPort Time Capsule, acestea fiind vulnerabile. Pentru a rezolva problema, cei de la Apple au lansat un update pentru software-ul in baza carora functioneaza ele, astfel ca acum utilizatorii vor fi protejati impotriva vulnerabilitatii Heartbleed.

The firmware update provides a fix for the recent OpenSSL vulnerability for the latest generation of 802.11ac enabled AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule base stations (June 2013). This vulnerability only impacts recent Airport devices that have the Back to My Mac feature enabled. Customers with previous generation AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsules do not need to update their base stations.

Update-ul poate fi instalat prin aplicatia ce permite administrarea ambelor tipuri de produse.