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iOS 8.4.1 Public

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The public iOS 8.4.1 release repaired Apple Music library, playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1 behavior while adding broad filesystem, network, account, code, media, and web security protections.

Date
Aug 13, 2015
Availability
available
Revision
No

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  1. About the security content of iOS 8.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z · AppleFileConduit, Air Traffic, and Backup — CVE-2015-5746, CVE-2015-5766, and CVE-2015-5752

  2. About the security content of iOS 8.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z · bootp — CVE-2015-3778

  3. About the security content of iOS 8.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z · Code Signing — CVE-2015-3806, CVE-2015-3803, CVE-2015-3802, and CVE-2015-3805

  4. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1 — library fixes

  5. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1 — playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1

  6. About the security content of iOS 8.4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1 security content

  7. About iOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z · iOS 8.4.1

Release changes

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Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

Filesystem path validation hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-5746, CVE-2015-5766, and CVE-2015-5752 by adding path checks, asset validation, and symlink sanitization around protected filesystem locations.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 · AppleFileConduit, Air Traffic, and Backup — CVE-2015-5746, CVE-2015-5766, and CVE-2015-5752

bugFix · fixed

iCloud Music Library and offline visibility fixes

documentedconfirmed

Apple repaired failures to turn on iCloud Music Library and a visibility issue caused by showing only music available offline.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4.1 — library fixes

security · fixed

Code-signing validation hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple strengthened validation for signed, multi-architecture, and Mach-O executables in fixes covering CVE-2015-3806, CVE-2015-3803, CVE-2015-3802, and CVE-2015-3805.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 · Code Signing — CVE-2015-3806, CVE-2015-3803, CVE-2015-3802, and CVE-2015-3805

security · fixed

Wi-Fi history broadcast minimization

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed CVE-2015-3778 by limiting the MAC addresses broadcast during Wi-Fi connection setup to those associated with the current network name.

  1. [1] About the security content of iOS 8.4.1 · bootp — CVE-2015-3778

bugFix · fixed

Playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1 fixes

documentedconfirmed

Users gained a way to create a playlist when none existed, and Apple repaired cross-device artwork mismatches, several Connect posting problems, and Love taps in Beats 1.

  1. [1] About iOS 8 Updates · iOS 8.4.1 — playlist, artwork, Connect, and Beats 1