QuickTime < 7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801189

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of QuickTime installed on the remote Mac OS X host is older than 7.5. Such versions contain several vulnerabilities :

- There is a heap buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of PICT image files that could result in a program crash or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-1583).
- There is a memory corruption issue in QuickTime's handling of AAC-encoded media content that could result in a program crash or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-1582).
- There is a stack buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of Indeo video codec content that could result in a program crash or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-1584).
- There is a URL handling issue in QuickTime's handling of 'file:' URLs that may allow launching of arbitrary applications (CVE-2008-1585).

Solution

Either use QuickTime's Software Update preference to upgrade to the latest version or manually upgrade to QuickTime 7.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 801189

Family: Web Clients

Nessus ID: 33131

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1581, CVE-2008-1582, CVE-2008-1583, CVE-2008-1584, CVE-2008-1585

BID: 29619, 29652, 29650, 29649, 29648, 29654

Detections

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