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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > June 2008 > 3640 - APPLE-SA-2008-06-09 QuickTime 7.5

June 2008

3640 - APPLE-SA-2008-06-09 QuickTime 7.5

ID: 3640
Date: 10/06/2008

Title: 3640 - APPLE-SA-2008-06-09 QuickTime 7.5
Platform level affected:Net Application - Client
Hardware components affected:Apple MAC
Specific operating systems components affected: Apple Mac OS
Net-enabled software: Other
Security software:Desktop Suite
Other software: Other
Remediation Summary:Update your copy of the software with the download available from the supplier.
Vendors affected:Apple
Applications affected:QuickTime
Adversity source: Unknown
Attack Vector: Vulnerability exploitation
Virulence: Unknown
Warning Status: Active
Potential Damage: Remote execution/modification
Possible Duration: Open Ended
Availability of fix: Available
Type of fix: Patch
Source: Apple
Reliability of source: Trusted
Source URL: www.apple.com
CVE: CVE-2008-1581, CVE-2008-1582, CVE-2008-1583, CVE-2008-1584, CVE-2008-1585
Abstract: QuickTime 7.5 is now available and addresses a number of issues.

APPLE-SA-2008-06-09 QuickTime 7.5

QuickTime 7.5 is now available and addresses the following issues:

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1581

Available for: Windows Vista, XP SP2

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An issue in QuickTime's handling of PixData structures when processing a PICT image may result in a heap buffer overflow.

Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X. Credit to Dyon Balding of Secunia Research for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1582

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted AAC-encoded media content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of AAC-encoded media content. Opening a maliciously crafted media file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of media files. Credit to Dave Soldera of NGS Software, and Jens Alfke for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1583

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2

Impact: Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of PICT images. Opening a maliciously crafted PICT image file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking. Credit to Liam O Murchu of Symantec for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1584

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2

Impact: Viewing maliciously crafted Indeo video media content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: An issue in QuickTime's handling of Indeo video codec content may result in a stack buffer overflow. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file with Indeo video codec content may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by not rendering Indeo video codec content. Credit to an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime

CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1585

Available for: Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 - v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2

Impact: Playing maliciously crafted QuickTime content in QuickTime Player may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: A URL handling issue exists in QuickTime's handling of

file: URLs. This may allow arbitrary applications and files to be launched when a user plays maliciously crafted QuickTime content in QuickTime Player. This update addresses the issue by revealing files in Finder or Windows Explorer rather than launching them. Credit to Vinoo Thomas and Rahul Mohandas of McAfee Avert Labs, and Petko D.

(pdp) Petkov of GNUCITIZEN working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

QuickTime 7.5 may be obtained from the Software Update application, or from the QuickTime Downloads site:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

For Mac OS X v10.5 or later

The download file is named: "QuickTime75_Leopard.dmg"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 207c4dcc6a6adc8e600598db3ce036c40a3926f6

For Mac OS X v10.4.9 through Mac OS X v10.4.11 The download file is named: "QuickTime75_Tiger.dmg"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 5b89879be97d93e6560f95fb5000fcb0a33fbcaa

For Mac OS X v10.3.9

The download file is named: "QuickTime75_Panther.dmg"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 92dd692563e685ae535b9272c1ef4f3c5bdd0eef

For Windows Vista / XP SP2

The download file is named: "QuickTimeInstaller.exe"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 81d70a503adb132048f744c3ffc0cea487cf2cac

QuickTime with iTunes for Windows XP or Vista The download file is named: "iTunesSetup.exe"

Its SHA-1 digest is: 8123286fffa53d4ae2c187edccab778fb0f5f34f

Information will also be posted to the Apple Security Updates web site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key, and details are available at:

http://www.apple.com/support/security/pgp/

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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:15:00 GMT
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