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TITLE:
iTunes MPEG-4 File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15310

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15310/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
iTunes 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/2916/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in iTunes, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the MPEG-4
file parsing and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a
specially crafted MPEG-4 file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.8.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes48.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Mark Litchfield of NGS Software.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301596

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