Apple Snafu Means Updating To macOS 10.13.1 Could Reactivate Root Access Bug (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday December 4, 2017 @02:00AM from the here-we-go-again dept.

Mark Wilson writes: A few days ago, a serious security flaw with macOS High Sierra came to light. It was discovered that it was possible to log into the 'root' account without entering a password, and -- although the company seemed to have been alerted to the issue a couple of weeks back -- praise was heaped on Apple for pushing a fix out of the door quickly. But calm those celebrations. It now transpires that the bug fix has a bug of its own. Upgrade to macOS 10.13.1 and you could well find that the patch is undone. Slow hand clap.

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Oh good.. by HumanWiki · 2017-12-04 02:03 · Score: 3, Funny

"My slowclap processor made it into this thing." -GLaDOS
Big deal by 110010001000 · 2017-12-04 02:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Not sure who this "Root" guy is, but I always login with my iCloud username. Everyone knows iCloud is safe.
99 bugs by stealth_finger · 2017-12-04 04:10 · Score: 3, Funny

99 little bugs in the code
99 little bugs in the code
Take one down, pass it around
117 little bugs in the code

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