Apple Rolls Out iPhone 1.0.1 Update

By Geoff Duncan August 1, 2007

Apple Rolls Out iPhone 1.0.1 Update

Apple has released iPhone v1.0.1 Update, the company’s first revision to the software included in its much-discussed mobile phone. The update is exclusively a collection of security fixes to the version of the Safari Web browser built into the iPhone, as well as a selection of security fixes to the underlying WebKit display engine.

Users can install the update using Apple’s iTunes software; when users connect their iPhone to an Internet-connected Mac or PC running iTunes, the software will prompt users to download and install the update. Unlike many Apple software updates, iPhone v1.0.1 Update is only available via iTunes: it can’t be downloaded separately, or accessed via the Mac OS X Software Update feature. iTunes checks for software updates once a week; users can manually obtain the update with iTunes’ “Check for Updates” command.

According to Apple’s release notes, the update addresses issues with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (enabling one site to access or modify content from another without a user’s knowledge), addresses two buffer overflow conditions, and fixes issues were “look-alike” URLs using special character sets could be used to enable a Web site to masquerade as another. At first glance, the iPhone v1.0.1 update does not appear to address a call redirection issue in Safari, whereby users telling the iPhone to dial a number which appears on a Web page can potentially be directed to a different number entirely.

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