Apple Releases iOS 7.0.6 With Fix for SSL Connection Verification and iOS 6.1.6

Apple today released iOS 7.0.6 for iPhone, iPod, and iPad which carries a built number of 11b651. The update included a fix for SSL connection verification. it is available over-the-air, and is 35.5MB in size. 

According to the support document, iOS 7.0.6 fixes the following security issue:

Data Security 

Available for: iPhone 4 and later, iPod touch (5th generation), iPad 2 and later 

Impact: An attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS 

Description: Secure Transport failed to validate the authenticity of the connection. This issue was addressed by restoring missing validation steps. 

iOS 7.0.6 comes three weeks after the release of iOS 7.0.5 which was available only for a limited number of devices and more than three months after the release of iOS 7.0.4, that includes a number of improvements, bug fixes, and a repair for an issue that caused FaceTime calls to fail for some users.

Here are the direct download links:

• iPad Air (5th generation Wi-Fi + Cellular)
• iPad Air (5th generation WiFi)
• iPad (4th generation CDMA)
• iPad (4th generation GSM)
• iPad (4th generation WiFi)
• iPad mini (CDMA)
• iPad mini (GSM)
• iPad mini (WiFi)
• iPad mini 2 (WiFi + Cellular)
• iPad mini 2 (WiFi)
• iPad 3 Wi-Fi (3rd generation)
• iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (model for ATT)
• iPad 3 Wi-Fi + Cellular (model for Verizon)
• iPad 2 Wi-Fi (Rev A)
• iPad 2 Wi-Fi
• iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (GSM)
• iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G (CDMA)
• iPhone 5 (CDMA)
• iPhone 5 (GSM)
• iPhone 5c (CDMA)
• iPhone 5c (GSM)
• iPhone 5s (CDMA)
• iPhone 5s (GSM)
• iPhone 4s
• iPhone 4 (GSM Rev A)
• iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iPhone 4 (CDMA)
• iPod touch (5th generation)

Apple has also released iOS 6.1.6 (build number: 10B500) for the iPhone 3GS and fourth-generation iPod touch, for bug fixes.

Data source: MacRumors