Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple QuickTime, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing an overly long RTSP "Content-Type" header, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into connecting to a specially crafted stream or visiting a malicious web page.

Affected Products

Apple QuickTime version 7.3 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1 for Windows :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forwindows.html

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1 for Leopard :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forleopard.html

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1 for Tiger :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731fortiger.html

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1 for Panther :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forpanther.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3984
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Krystian Kloskowski (h07).

ChangeLog

2007-11-26 : Initial release
2007-12-14 : Updated Solution

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