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TITLE:
Apple iTunes Music File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26725

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26725/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
iTunes 7.x
https://secunia.com/product/12131/
iTunes 6.x
https://secunia.com/product/5882/
iTunes 5.x
https://secunia.com/product/7864/
iTunes 4.x
https://secunia.com/product/2916/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error when
processing album cover art. This can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow via a specially crafted music file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 7.4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.4.

iTunes 7.4 for Mac:
https://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes74formac.html

iTunes 7.4 for Windows:
https://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunes74forwindows.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits David Thiel, iSEC Partners

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306404

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