Thursday 4 February 2021
The impact of this issue announcement is critical. Please act accordingly to rectify the issue, as stated below.
What's affected:
All macOS versions
What you need to know:
The recently announced heap-based buffer overflow Baron Samedit vulnerability (CVE-2021-3156), which affects the Sudo app among Linux and UNIX systems, has been confirmed to also impact the latest version of Apple macOS Big Sur, with no patch available yet.
Actions to be taken:
As Apple’s Monday security updates (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147) did not remediate the vulnerability, users are advised to standby for the patch from the Official Apple Support.
