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QuickTime < 7.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4537
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.See Also
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-037
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-038
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493247/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493248/30/0/threaded
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jun/msg00000.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4537
Family: Web Clients
Published: 8/18/2004
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 33131
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:apple:quicktime
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1581, CVE-2008-1582, CVE-2008-1583, CVE-2008-1584, CVE-2008-1585