iPhone Vulnerability, Fix Coming on November 21st in Firmware 2.2?

[jayducharme]

So are there any rumored/known devices/companies that will be taking advantage of said Audio In?
Links?

I e-mailed Belkin a while back asking if they had any plans to make their stereo iPod mic work with the Touch/iPhone. Their response was that if Apple enabled recording on those devices, they would produce a compatible product. So now we'll wait and see....

 

[optophobia]

my suggestion to everyone is to backup you iphone NOW, since if its anything like last time, you will be frustrated if you want the update and it takes ages to backup before you can update.
I just did one and it took nearly 30 mins

 

[LiveCrunch]

Copy and Paste is not included. My suggestion for all of 1.1.5's to upgrade to 2.0 you can find bunch of links online. And then upgrade to 2.2 tomorrow at 9am via iTunes.

 

[matthewm46]

It's Available Now!

I've been trying to Check for Update for my iPod touch for about 10 mins, and it's now available. It adds:

iPhone 2.2 Software Update for iPod touch

This update contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
• Enhancements to Mail
- resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching
of email
- improved formatting of wide HTML email
• Fixed issues where some users could not connect to
secure WPA Wi-Fi networks
• Improved stability and performance of Safari
• Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes
application
• Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes
you to the first Home screen
• Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard
Settings

 

[LiveCrunch]

iPhone 2.2 and ipod touch is ready for download

see

http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/11/21/iphone-22-firmware-is-ready-for-download/

 

[lmcintyre]

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[atlanticza]

From PCMag's Security Watch

From PCMag's Security Watch
Friday November 21, 2008
Updates For iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.2
Categories:
Apple, Known Vulnerabilities, Networking, Office, Software Patches
Tags:
apple, iPhone, iPod, vulnerabilities
Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 2.2 fixing a dozen vulnerabilities in the older versions.

There are three major categories of vulnerabilities in this update. There are a few malicious content fixes, where viewing such content can cause "unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution." CoreGraphics, ImageIO and, interestingly, the Excel file viewer, are all in this category.

There are three fixes to Safari. One is a malicious content bug, like the ones above. One allows malicious iframes to spoof the user interface: "Safari allows an iframe element to display content outside its boundaries" which is a bank scamming site's dream feature. The update disallows this. The final one could allow a malicious program launched through Safari to initiate a call without the user's permission, and even to stop them from canceling it for a period of time. None of these three appear in last week's update to Safari on Windows and the Mac.

Three vulnerabilities are fixed in the Password Lock feature, a feature which has had at least two other bug fixes for not-dissimilar problems in the past (here and here). One new bug could allow user of a locked phone to call anyone with the emergency call feature. A second one could disable the Passcode Lock during a device restore and a third one means that SMS messages sent to a locked phone display in their entirety. All these are addressed in the update.

Two remaining bugs could lower the level of encryption in the PPTP VPN app or reveal form field data.