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iTunes MPEG-4 File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15310
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Release Date:
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2005-05-10
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Last Update:
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2005-06-02
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Popularity:
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18,305 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | iTunes 4.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1248
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in iTunes, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the MPEG-4 file parsing and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted MPEG-4 file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Update to version 4.8.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes48.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Mark Litchfield of NGSSoftware.
Changelog:
2005-06-02: Added link to NGSSoftware advisory.
Original Advisory:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301596
NGSSoftware:
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/itunes.txt
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