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iTunes < 9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45389

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote version of iTunes is older than 9.1. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - An infinite loop in the application's handling of imported MP4 podcast files may lead to an application crash and prevent subsequent operation. (CVE-2010-0531)

 - Syncing a mobile device may allow a local user to gain the privileges of the console user due to an insecure file operation in the handling of log files.
 (CVE-2010-1768)

Solution

Upgrade to iTunes 9.1 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4105

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00003.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/19388

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45389

File Name: macosx_itunes_9_1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/31/2010

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:itunes

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/iTunes

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0531, CVE-2010-1768

BID: 39113, 42538