About the security content of Xcode 8.1

This document describes the security content of Xcode 8.1.

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Xcode 8.1

Released October 27, 2016

IDE Xcode Server

Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and later

Impact: A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple issues existed in Node.js in Xcode Server. These issues were addressed by updating to Node.js version 4.5.0.

CVE-2016-1669

CVE-2016-0705

CVE-2016-0797

CVE-2016-0702

CVE-2016-2086

CVE-2016-2216

CVE-2015-8027

CVE-2015-3193

CVE-2015-3194

CVE-2015-6764

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Published Date: January 23, 2017