Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/02/ios_6_safari_updates/
Apple updates iOS 6, Safari
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Apple updated its iOS mobile operating system on Thursday – and no, it didn't fix the deservedly maligned Maps app – along with an update for its Safari web browser for OS X 10.7.5 Lion and OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion .
The Safari update weighs in at a trim – for Apple, at least – 47MB, but the iOS update, downloading at this very moment onto your Reg reporter's three-plus-year-old iPhone 3GS, is a Brobdingnagian 780.5MB.
The iOS 6.0.1 update is primarily focused on bug-fixing and security updates. For example, the update promises to fix a bug that prevents iPhone 5s from installing software updates wirelessly, and another bug that allows access to Passcode details when the handset is in lock mode. A full listing of upgrade details can be found here [1], and security-upgrade details can be sussed-out here [2].
The Safari 6.0.2 update centers around two WebKit-related vulnerabilities that, in Apple's words, created a situation in which "Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution." Full details on the security upgrade can be found here [3].
As per usual, the Safari update can be downloaded from Apple's Mac App Store by clicking – what else? – the Updates icon in the App Store [4] app, now at version 1.2.1. The iOS update is accessible through the Summary pane of the iTunes after selecting your target in the Devices list in the left-hand pane.
You may be happy to hear that both updates installed without a hitch on your reporter's iPhone 3GS and Mac Pro running OS X 10.8.2. Your mileage, of course, may vary. ®