Apple updates third-generation TV

Apple has released an update, albeit with no significant changes, for the third-generation Apple TV device. The Cupertino-based company released an update that technically is still numbered as iOS 7.2.1. It is not accompanied by a changelog, let alone an announcement, which suggests that it probably doesn't bring any new feature with it and aims for performance improvements.

However, Apple on its support website does note that the update addresses some security bugs - though how many of them are exactly new is currently unknown. We are listing all the significant changes below. The security patches include fixing a vulnerability that allowed a compromised Wi-Fi network to decode the networks an Apple TV had previously accessed.

It also patches a bug in CloudKit that allowed a malicious app to access the iCloud user record of a previously signed in user. A bug in CFP references that allowed a malicious app to read other apps' managed preference has also been fixed.

Other vulnerabilities that have been squashed include holes in code signing, CoreMedia Playback, CoreText, DiskImages, FontParser, ImageIO, IOKit, IOHIDFamily, Libc, Libinfo, libpthread, libxml2, libxslt, location framework, office viewer, QL Office, WebKit and kernel among other components.