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>> Apple TV Data Processing Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Apple TV, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. These issues are caused by buffer overflow and input validation errors when processing specially crafted movie files, QuickTime content or PICT images, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious media file. These issues are related to : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1078
Affected Products
Apple TV versions prior to 2.1
Solution
Upgrade to Apple TV version 2.1 :
http://www.apple.com/fr/appletv/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2064
http://www.apple.com/fr/appletv/
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Chris Ries (Carnegie Mellon University Computing Services), Sanbin Li, ZDI, Vinoo Thomas and Rahul Mohandas (McAfee Avert Labs), and Petko D. (pdp) Petkov (GNUCITIZEN).
ChangeLog
2008-07-11 : Initial release
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