{"id":31618,"date":"2021-02-09T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=31618"},"modified":"2022-11-10T08:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T13:28:23","slug":"macos-11-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/09\/macos-11-2-1\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 11.2.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/02\/09\/apple-releases-macos-big-sur-11-2-1\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/02\/09\/apple-releases-macos-big-sur-11-2-1\/\"><p>According to Apple&rsquo;s release notes,  macOS Big Sur  11.2.1 addresses an issue that could prevent the battery from charging in some 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/02\/09\/macos-big-sur-11-2-1-fixes-root-access-sudo-bug\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/02\/09\/macos-big-sur-11-2-1-fixes-root-access-sudo-bug\/\"><p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT212177\">Apple security support document<\/a>, the bug, CVE-2021-3156, was addressed in the update by updating to sudo version 1.9.5p2. Apple has also fixed the bug in Supplemental Updates made available for macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrmacintosh.com\/macos-big-sur-11-2-1-update-20d74-is-live-whats-new\/\">Mr. Macintosh<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mrmacintosh.com\/macos-big-sur-11-2-1-update-20d74-is-live-whats-new\/\">\n<p>A Full Installer of MacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 is not available yet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Neither is a downloadable update or combo update.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/02\/macos-11-2\/\">macOS 11.2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/27\/heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-sudo\/\">Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Sudo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/17\/no-more-downloadable-macos-updates\/\">No More Downloadable macOS Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-11-2-1-update-2021-03-15\">Update (2021-03-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/02\/14\/last-week-on-my-mac-big-sur-11-2-1-update-is-broken\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2021\/02\/14\/last-week-on-my-mac-big-sur-11-2-1-update-is-broken\/\">\n<p>The most infuriating point about the failure of the 11.2.1 update is that it occurs at the last moment before the update should be installed: in order for that to begin, on an M1 Mac (but not Intel models), the user has to enter their password. That&rsquo;s when it falls apart, because no matter what you enter, the installer refuses to accept it, shaking its dialog and refusing to progress every single time.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Because of another bug in the 11.2 installation process, which leads to the copying of the existing user as well as creation of a new account, I&rsquo;ve tried updating from each of those two accounts, with identical failures.<\/p>\n<p>The workaround which I tested when trying to install 11.2 was to run the full Big Sur installer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juli Clover: According to Apple&rsquo;s release notes, macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 addresses an issue that could prevent the battery from charging in some 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models. Juli Clover: According to an Apple security support document, the bug, CVE-2021-3156, was addressed in the update by updating to sudo version 1.9.5p2. 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