iOS 11.2.2 was launched for iPhone and iPad this evening by the Apple company, its appearance being expected even from the moment when the first beta version of iOS 11.2.5 was offered to developers. Apple has released iOS 11.2.2 for all iPhone and iPad users and recommends installing the update right now, as it brings a major security change for us.
iOS 11.2.2 most likely brings a change that completely blocks the vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre, the ones that "set the internet on fire" after they were announced at the beginning of last week. They allow mobile phones, tablets and computers to be exploited because of the way their processors were designed, and iOS 11.2.2 completely fixes everything on iPhone and iPad.
iOS 11.2.2 has been released on iPhone and iPad
iOS 11.2.2 comes just days after Apple acknowledged that all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches are affected by the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities, but that an iOS update will be necessary to fully protect them. Meltdown was solved starting with iOS 11.2.1, but Specter is only solved starting with iOS 11.2.2, and this because through Safari and Javascript it could be exploited at any time.
"Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation. Description: iOS 11.2.2 includes security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate the effects of Specter (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715).
We would like to acknowledge Jann Horn of Google Project Zero; and Paul Kocher in collaboration with Daniel Genkin of University of Pennsylvania and University of Maryland, Daniel Gruss of Graz University of Technology, Werner Haas of Cyberus Technology, Mike Hamburg of Rambus (Cryptography Research Division), Moritz Lipp of Graz University of Technology, Stefan Mangard of Graz University of Technology, Thomas Prescher of Cyberus Technology, Michael Schwarz of Graz University of Technology, and Yuval Yarom of University of Adelaide and Data61 for their assistance.”
iOS 11.2.2 completely solves the Specter problem, and now all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches are fully protected against this extremely important problem of terminal processors. Considering the major importance of the security update that iOS 11.2.2 brings, it is advisable to install this version of the operating system right now on your products.
