SWB123
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Where can I download the latest Apple Software Update.
iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.2, Problem also on iPad and iCloud
Q: Where can I download the latest apple software update
Hi Templeton,
I should have been more specific.
I meant Apple Software Update for Windows.
The reason I am asking is that when I try to use the update tool, I receive a message that "The Apple Software Update server could not be found. Check your Internet settings and try again."
It appears from this thread:
Apple Software Update - "Server could not be found"
that other users are having the same problem. This thread begins on March 15, 2016. I believe this might be the same day that version 2.2 was released.
Version 2.2 seems to have introduced a new problem, which is that it does not connect to the Apple Software Update server.
In a comment by owlyn, he or she recommends using the instructions from Apple:Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows 7 and later - Apple Support
But then owlyn recommends: "Then, do NOT take the offered 2.2 upgrade."
On this page, Apple security updates - Apple Support, there appears a table titled "Security Updates." The first row in the table shows "Apple Software Update 2.2", available for "Windows 7 and later", with a release date of "9 Mar 2016." A third-party site says they believe it was actually released on March 15.
When I click on the link in the table, I reach this page: About the security content of Apple Software Update 2.2 - Apple Support
That page then sends me to http://cve.mitre.org/about/
The CVE ID for this issue is CVE-2016-1731. Here is the page about Apple Software Update for Windows: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1731
The Description reads: "Apple Software Update before 2.2 on Windows does not use HTTPS, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof updates by modifying the client-server data stream."
This matches what Kaspersky alerted me to this morning.
So installing version 2.2 is NOT the solution. My real question is, "When and where can I download the fix to the version 2.2 problem?"
As edfromwollaston points out, "The problem now is that if Apple issues a newer version to fix the problem, it seems that no-one with version 2.2 will ever be able to download it!"
Thanks for any information you can provide.
And can you remove the Solved checkmark? I think the problem is just beginning.
Apple don't appear to provide a standalone installer or download page for Apple Software Update for Windows. See iTunes installers for the current builds of iTunes and Install missing components for advice on extracting the .msi file from the package. Review the rest of the tip if you have issues installing iTunes.
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Templeton Peck
