Apple Releases iTunes 8.1 With Many New Enhancements

Apple has released iTunes 8.1 which allows syncing support for the 3rd generation iPod Shuffle, the latest generation Shuffle that was unveiled earlier today. The new version also has many other features like giving friends the ability to request songs for iTunes DJ, providing an AutoFill for manually managed ipods, and allowing CD's to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus. Genius Sidebar gets added to your Movies and TV Shows as well, which is a nice to see feature. There are also many accessibility improvements and a couple of security fixes:

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0016
Impact: Sending a maliciously crafted DAAP message may lead to a denial of service
Description: An infinite loop exists in the handling of iTunes Digital Audio Access Protocol (DAAP) messages. Sending a message containing a maliciously crafted Content-Length parameter in the DAAP header may lead to a denial of service. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of DAAP messages. This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems. Credit to Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhenhua Liu, and Junfeng Jia of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team for reporting this issue.

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0143
Impact: Subscribing to a malicious podcast may lead to the disclosure of iTunes username and password
Description: A design issue exists in the iTunes podcast feature. A subscription to a malicious podcast may cause an authentication dialog to be presented to the user. This dialog may entice the user to send iTunes credentials to the podcast server. This update addresses the issue by clarifying the origin of the authentication request in the dialog. Credit to Simon Bellwood for reporting this issue.

You can head over to the iTunes Page to see what all is new and download your copy of iTunes 8.1.