iOS 4.0.2 Released, Fixes PDF Exploit - And Breaks Browser-Based Jailbreak

It was inevitable: Apple has released iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone and iPod touch (and version 3.2.2 for the iPad) to plug a security hole in the PDF viewer that allows a specially crafted PDF to run arbitrary code on a device.

Unfortunately for those looking to jailbreak their device (and there are good reasons to do so), this vulnerability was the driver for the browser-based jailbreak, JailbreakMe.com, that Adrianne Jeffries wrote about two weeks ago. If you upgrade to iOS 4.0.2, JailbreakMe.com will no longer work (for the moment, anyway; the second iteration of JailbreakMe.com is already underway) .

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