QuickTime < 7.4.1 RTSP Response Long Reason-Phrase Arbitrary Remote Code Execution (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 30203

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains an application that is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of QuickTime installed on the remote Mac OS X host is older than 7.4.1. Such versions contain a heap buffer overflow in the application's handling of HTTP responses when RTSP tunneling is enabled. If an attacker can trick a user to visit a specially crafted webpage, he may be able to to execute arbitrary code on the remote host subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Either use QuickTime's Software Update preference to upgrade to the latest version or manually upgrade to QuickTime 7.4.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30203

File Name: macosx_Quicktime741.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 2/7/2008

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:quicktime

Required KB Items: MacOSX/QuickTime/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0234

BID: 27225

CWE: 119

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