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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2005.0021 -- APPLE-SA-2005-01-11 iTunes 4.7.1 12 January 2005 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: iTunes Publisher: Apple Operating System: Mac OS X Windows XP Windows 2000 Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CAN-2005-0043 Original Bulletin: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 APPLE-SA-2005-01-11 iTunes 4.7.1 iTunes 4.7.1 is now available and delivers the following security enhancement: CVE-ID: CAN-2005-0043 Impact: Malicious playlists can cause iTunes to crash and could execute arbitrary code Description: iTunes supports several common playlist formats. iTunes 4.7.1 fixes a buffer overflow in the parsing of m3u and pls playlist files that could allow earlier versions of iTunes to crash and execute arbitrary code. Credit to Sean de Regge (seanderegge[at]hotmail.com) for discovering this issue, and to iDEFENSE Labs for reporting it to us. Available for: Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 iTunes 4.7.1 may be obtained from the Software Update pane in System Preferences, or Apple's iTunes download site: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ The download file is named: "iTunes4.7.1.dmg" Its SHA-1 digest is: 2ae8c815f18756c24dfbc1ac7d837b75b828b92a Information will also be posted to the Apple Product Security web site: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798 This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key, and details are available at: http://www.apple.com/support/security/security_pgp.html - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQEVAwUBQeQviJyw5owIz4TQAQIMrgf/fYmI5LZy5DM5a61kbXgnzq5OpQQPaidH disRa8UbjGrr+sSvEytQaxgO5vbDsZWgDGYeeaHTUeyiBdznO/b7X9moUC0uXEtC /a/CC2219AYeoQLJCMWhiIbrkL3OQ8QHoV3KaMlcg98tHgsrZKg1ssqEZszkjNrV Jj1dm3hYn2/DHPqzhGy2+l4Lp/8Bdg2VwXJjCLrqD6cgcSAX0HVdVq+CM2VQ1DGH O9PjkspNxoTR2iV0VbJdc+q/Mi1HXlouNaURgR01oBYGqZoQ2mxYGMLIthgVoyri E/c5iyPq4lwDnhyjii4fajLO/3BW6MY7RVoNWv2ipYjVi1RPQ6d6iQ== =SryY - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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