Re:Critical Security Issue Identified in iTerm2
by kelnos on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @04:42PM
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I would guess two things:
1) The linked article says the fix is available in version 3.3.6. If it had been backported to previous release series, the article would say that.
2) You are running an old version of macOS that no longer gets security updates. It's a bit weird to be worried about an unpatched vulnerability in your terminal emulator when you are running an OS that (presumably) has several unpatched vulnerabilities itself. Your focus should be on figuring out how to safely upgrade to a supported version of macOS; after you do that, you'll be able to run the latest iTerm2 and the point is moot.
1) The linked article says the fix is available in version 3.3.6. If it had been backported to previous release series, the article would say that.
2) You are running an old version of macOS that no longer gets security updates. It's a bit weird to be worried about an unpatched vulnerability in your terminal emulator when you are running an OS that (presumably) has several unpatched vulnerabilities itself. Your focus should be on figuring out how to safely upgrade to a supported version of macOS; after you do that, you'll be able to run the latest iTerm2 and the point is moot.