US CERT - another QuickTime vulnerability warning - other APPLE

NOTE: Win9X/ME users, your APPLE Quicktime is severly outdated…. look for
alternative codex offerings if you need support for the extensions.
The newer QuickTime players do NOT support 9X/ME/NT.

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National Cyber Alert System

Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-094A

Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: April 3, 2008
Last revised: –
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

* Apple Mac OS X running versions of QuickTime prior to 7.4.5
* Microsoft Windows running versions of QuickTime prior to 7.4.5

Overview

Apple QuickTime contains multiple vulnerabilities as described in the
Apple Knowledgebase article HT1241. Exploitation of these
vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

I. Description

Apple QuickTime 7.4.5 vulnerabilities in the way different types of
image and media files are handled. An attacker could exploit these
vulnerabilities by convincing a user to access a specially crafted
image or media file that could be hosted on a web page.

Note that Apple iTunes installs QuickTime, so any system with iTunes
may be vulnerable.

II. Impact

These vulnerabilities could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker
to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. For
further information, please see Apple knowledgebase article HT1241
about the security content of QuickTime 7.4.5

III. Solution

Upgrade QuickTime

Upgrade to QuickTime 7.4.5. This and other updates for Mac OS X are
available via Apple Update.

Secure your web browser

To help mitigate these and other vulnerabilities that can be exploited
via a web browser, refer to Securing Your Web Browser.

References

* About the security content of the QuickTime 7.4.5 Update -
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1241>

* How to tell if Software Update for Windows is working correctly
when no updates are available -
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304263>

* Apple - QuickTime - Download -
<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/>

* Mac OS X: Updating your software -
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106704>

* Securing Your Web Browser -
<http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/securing_browser/>

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Revision History

April 3, 2008: Initial release
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