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   Security Update 2016-003 (Mavericks and Yosemite)

   Agen G. N. Schmitz

   While OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan gets the bulk of security patches in
   today's release (see '[1]Apple Releases OS X 10.11.5, iOS 9.3.2, tvOS
   9.2.1, and watchOS 2.2.1,' 16 May 2016), Apple does include a select
   few patches for 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite in [2]Security Update
   2016-003. The Updates patch a vulnerability that led to the disclosure
   of kernel memory content, address a custom URL scheme handling issue
   that enabled an attacker to execute arbitrary code, and resolve
   multiple memory corruption issues that could lead to application
   termination or code execution. (Free. For [3]10.9.5 Mavericks, 370.9
   MB; for [4]10.10.5 Yosemite, 454.8 MB)

References

   1. http://tidbits.com/article/16500
   2. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206567
   3. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1878
   4. https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1879

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