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>> Apple QuickTime RTSP Response "Reason-Phrase" Buffer Overflow

Title : Apple QuickTime RTSP Response "Reason-Phrase" Buffer Overflow
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0107
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0234
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-11


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A vulnerability has been identified in Apple QuickTime, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing RTSP response messages and displaing the "Reason-Phrase", which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious server or visiting a specially crafted web page.

Affected Products

Apple QuickTime version 7.3.1.70 and prior

Solution

Apple QuickTime 7.4.1 for Windows :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741forwindows.html

Apple QuickTime 7.4.1 for Panther :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741forpanther.html

Apple QuickTime 7.4.1 for Tiger :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741fortiger.html

Apple QuickTime 7.4.1 for Leopard :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime741forleopard.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0107
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/quicktimebof-adv.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/112179

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma.

ChangeLog

2008-01-11 : Initial release
2008-02-07 : Updated Solution

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