AppleInsider Staff
Coming on the heels of Tuesday's iOS 7.1.1 release, Apple has issued updates to all iWork for iOS apps with unnamed stability and bug fixes.
With the background changes applied to all three apps, Pages, Numbers and Keynote, the software reached version 2.2.1.
It is unknown what "stability improvements and bug fixes" the updates bring, though it can be speculated that the relatively quick turnaround since Apple's last iWork refresh suggests the fixes may patch complications with the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability. The company revamped iOS, Mac and iCloud versions of iWork in early April.
For new devices, the latest iWork versions can be downloaded for free from the iOS App Store. Apple's Pages is a 276MB download, Numbers weighs in at 239MB and Keynote comes to 456MB.
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I didn't know iWork for iOS had any server features to make it a suitable target for HeartBleed (even if we could prove it uses OpenSSL, which I personally doubt it would use).
iWork has had so many significant updates both for iOS and OSX, great to see Apple taking these apps so seriously. The haters have been proven wrong.
No they have not. All three apps are horrible usability wise. Especially Pages sucks a big bunch.
So does this mean my username and password would have been sent via these apps (or my AEBS which also got an update to correct OpenSSL) was potentially being sent as authentication over OpenSSL and needs to be changed after all? edit: [INDENT][I]AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.7.3 Available for: AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule base stations with 802.11ac Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may obtain memory contents Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed in the OpenSSL library when handling TLS heartbeat extension packets. An attacker in a privileged network position could obtain information from process memory. This issue was addressed through additional bounds checking. Only AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule base stations with 802.11ac are affected, and only if they have Back to My Mac or Send Diagnostics enabled. Other AirPort base stations are not impacted by this issue.[/I][/INDENT] Looks like I'm good.
iWork has had so many significant updates both for iOS and OSX, great to see Apple taking these apps so seriously. The haters have been proven wrong.
I love how you said "the haters have been proven wrong" and then immediate we get a response. "no they have not... (iWorks still sucks)" .