Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by useragent86 on Monday July 26, 2021 @02:57PM
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The link says that iPad Air 2 and later are supported. Does this mean that the original iPad Air is vulnerable? There must be many of them still in use for Web browsing, video, games, etc.
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Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by richardwhiuk on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:42PM
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I don't think you can conclusively say either way. iPad Air 1st gen only supports iOS 12, which was patched 40 days ago. So either they haven't released a fix yet, or it's not vulnerable.
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by SV_BubbleTime on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:38PM
(#27965136)
It goes both ways. If something is too old to get the fix, there is just as good a chance it’s too old to have the bug.
Can’t say for sure that the exploitable code ever existed on that device. Like Win10 0-days not being an issue for Windows 7. But…
Yea, I wouldn’t bet on it either way.
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by nicebill8 on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:20PM
(#27964057)
If this is really critical, it would not be unprecedented if we were to see another iOS 12.x.x release.
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by dogsgobork on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:53PM
(#27965323)
For anyone curious, Apple has release a few updates for iOS 12 since support for some devices was dropped with iOS 13, with 12.5.4 being released in June. The iPad Air mentioned above being a nearly 8 year old device. Are any Android devices of that vintage still receiving any updates?
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by slownews45 on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:13PM
(#27964802)
For sure - I've been impressed here on older device support. I've seen 7 year old devices getting updates - 5s etc?