[HN Gopher] macOS Monterey still vulnerable to CVE-2022-40303
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       macOS Monterey still vulnerable to CVE-2022-40303
        
       Author : starmftronajoll
       Score  : 67 points
       Date   : 2022-12-03 16:59 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (lapcatsoftware.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (lapcatsoftware.com)
        
       | musicale wrote:
       | > Why don't all Mac users just update to Ventura? Well, some of
       | them can't. Ventura dropped support for a number of Mac models:
       | compare Ventura with Monterey system requirements
       | 
       | :(
       | 
       | I would expect that intel Macs don't have much steam left in
       | terms of macOS upgrades.
        
       | bobbylarrybobby wrote:
       | I wonder if the just-released Monterrey 12.6.2 fixes this
        
       | password4321 wrote:
       | _OpenCore Legacy Patcher_
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32614135
       | 
       | https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/#opencor...
       | 
       | Not quite 100% on topic but useful for those with unsupported
       | hardware.
        
         | dustyharddrive wrote:
         | A bunch of blobs go into OCLP, sometimes with no source, so I'm
         | hesitant about it. Are there any projects to build everything
         | from code that is public? (will have at least reduced hardware
         | support though)
        
       | hanafudafan wrote:
       | I'll just install the update myself.
        
         | theptip wrote:
         | As the article notes, not all models have that option. 2017-or-
         | later is the cutoff now I believe.
         | 
         | Sure, take the upgrade if you can though.
        
           | hanafudafan wrote:
           | Who can stop me from compiling and installing some software
           | though?
        
             | saghm wrote:
             | Installing the newer versions won't make the old ones go
             | away though, and there are presumably a lot of built-in
             | things linking to the old versions.
        
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