Apple released an update for its QuickTime player, repairing multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited to gain access to critical files.
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The flaws affect all versions of the media player, Apple said. The software maker released version 7.6 of the QuickTime player to repair the flaws.
Apple repaired a boundary error that exists when the player attempts to process real time streaming protocols (RTSP). The error could be exploited by an attacker to cause a buffer overflow condition.
A number of other errors plague the QuickTime player. It contains processing errors that could result in a buffer overflow if it attempts to process malicious H 263 encoded files, AVI files, and MPEG-2 and QuickTime Virtual Reality movie files.
Danish vulnerability clearinghouse Secunia gave the flaws a highly critical rating in its alert to customers. In its advisory, Secunia said attackers can pass the malicious files to a victim remotely in an attempt to exploit the flaws.