QuickTime < 7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35436

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 7.6. Such versions contain several vulnerabilities :

- A heap buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of RTSP URLs may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-0001)

- A heap buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of THKD atoms in QTVR (QuickTime Virtual Reality) movie files may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-0002)

- A heap buffer overflow while processing an AVI movie file may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-0003)

- A buffer overflow in the handling of MPEG-2 video files with MP3 audio content may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-0004)

- A memory corruption in QuickTime's handling of H.263 encoded movie files may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-0005)

- A signedness issue in QuickTime's handling of Cinepak encoded movie files may result in a heap buffer overflow. (CVE-2009-0006)

- A heap buffer overflow in QuickTime's handling of jpeg atoms in QuickTime movie files may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2009-0007)

Solution

Either use QuickTime's Software Update preference to upgrade to the latest version or manually upgrade to QuickTime 7.6 or later.

See Also

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3403

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jan/msg00000.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35436

File Name: macosx_Quicktime76.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/22/2009

Updated: 7/14/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apple:quicktime

Required KB Items: MacOSX/QuickTime/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0001, CVE-2009-0002, CVE-2009-0003, CVE-2009-0004, CVE-2009-0005, CVE-2009-0006, CVE-2009-0007

BID: 33384, 33385, 33386, 33387, 33388, 33389, 33390

CWE: 119, 189, 399