{"id":53119,"date":"2016-05-04T12:31:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T19:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=53119"},"modified":"2016-05-04T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T19:43:59","slug":"apple-releases-xcode-7-3-1-with-security-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-releases-xcode-7-3-1-with-security-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Releases Xcode 7.3.1 with Security Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-53131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"Xcode icon\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-icon.png 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has released a new version of Xcode, a tool used by app developers for Apple devices, which contains two security fixes. Xcode 7.3.1 patches a heap-based buffer overflow flaw in which an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code and effectively take control of the machine.<\/p>\n<p>Xcode 7.3.1 is available for OS X El Capitan 10.11 and later, and addresses two vulnerabilities. Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT206338\" target=\"_blank\">security bulletin<\/a> describes the impact of its Xcode\u00a0security update as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-7.3.1.png\" alt=\"Xcode 7.3.1 \" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-7.3.1.png 500w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-7.3.1-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/xcode-7.3.1-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Details of the patched vulnerabilities are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2324\" target=\"_blank\">CVE-2016-2324<\/a> : Integer overflow in Git before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2315\" target=\"_blank\">CVE-2016-2315<\/a> : revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about these updates can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/xcode\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple\u2019s Developer Download page for Xcode<\/a>. You can download Xcode from the Mac App Store for free. [<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/xcode\/id497799835?ls=1&amp;mt=12\" target=\"_blank\">Direct Link<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released Xcode 7.3.1 with patches for two critical security flaws. Download the latest version of Xcode to mitigate the vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[3151,170,2914],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apple has released Xcode 7.3.1 with patches for two critical security flaws. 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