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TITLE:
Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28092

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28092/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Apple QuickTime 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/5090/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple QuickTime, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) A boundary error in the handling of QTL files can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow when a user views a specially
crafted QTL file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

2) Various unspecified errors exist in QuickTime's Flash media
handler, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities are reported in Apple QuickTime prior to version
7.3.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1.

QuickTime 7.3.1 for Panther:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forpanther.html

QuickTime 7.3.1 for Tiger:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731fortiger.html

QuickTime 7.3.1 for Leopard:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forleopard.html

QuickTime 7.3.1 for Windows:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forwindows.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Reported by the vendor.
2) The vendor credits:
* Tom Ferris, Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET)
* Mike Price of McAfee Avert Labs
* Lionel d'Hauenens and Brian Mariani of Syseclabs

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176

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