Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Apple QuickTime, which could be exploited by remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or take complete control of an affected system. These issues are caused by memory corruption and buffer overflow errors when processing malformed Sorenson 3 video files, Macintosh Resource records in movie files, Image Descriptor (IDSC) atoms, or compressed PICT images, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.

Affected Products

Apple QuickTime versions prior to 7.4

Solution

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.4 for Windows :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime74forwindows.html

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.4 for Panther :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime74forpanther.html

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.4 for Tiger :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime74fortiger.html

Upgrade to Apple QuickTime version 7.4 for Leopard :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime74forleopard.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0148
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-01
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=642

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Joe Schottman (Virginia Tech), Jun Mao (VeriSign iDefense Labs), Cody Pierce (TippingPoint DVLabs) and Chris Ries (Carnegie Mellon University Computing Services).

ChangeLog

2008-01-16 : Initial release

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