iOS 9 Jailbreak Release Date Update: Setback in Apple Security Patches Naming Pangu & TaiG?
Now that iOS 9 is rolling out and available for download, the next question for many fans is: When can they get a customizable "jailbreak" version of iOS 9? Sadly, the safe answer seems to be: Have patience.
Latin Post previously reported that trusted iOS hackers like team Pangu and TaiG were planning on having a jailbroken version of iOS 9 available for download very soon after Apple rolled out the official update.
But according to the IBTimes, Apple released the iOS 9 update along with a document detailing new patches to the company's mobile OS, which may put new roadblocks in the way of a fully-untethered (and, more importantly, un-brickable) iOS 9 jailbreak.
Among the many patches and security enhancements detailed in Apple's latest release is a patch for iOS 9 that Apple credited directly to Pangu and TaiG.
"dyld
Available for: iPhone 4s and later, iPod touch (5th generation) and later, iPad 2 and later
Impact: An application may be able to bypass code signing
Description: An issue existed with validation of the code signature of executables. This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.
CVE-ID
CVE-2015-5839 : @PanguTeam, TaiG Jailbreak Team"
Either Apple and the jailbreakers are getting very friendly and coordinated, or Apple's beta program is becoming a way to let the jailbreakers find patchable security flaws -- and then close those routes off in the official release, with a mention in the security notes to add insult to injury.
Or, of course, the note could also be rather innocuously referring to vulnerabilities highlighted earlier by Pangu in iOS 8.4.1. The fact that the security note is for devices as old as the iPhone 4s lends credence to that view.
In any case, no one has an iOS 9 jailbreak out yet, but it's certainly on the way. So you may want to hold off on downloading the official iOS 9 until a successful jailbreak has been completed.
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