“A newly discovered flaw in iTunes and QuickTime could allow malicious users to compromise users’ systems, according to a new report. Security site Secunia says that a vulnerability in Apple’s QuickTime 7.03 player and iTunes 6.01.3 could be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) attack. The site, however, says the ‘moderately critical’ vulnerability has an ‘unknown impact’ and was unable to confirm arbitrary code execution,” MacNN reports. “The site recommends that users not open .mov media files from untrusted sources to avoid exposing the flaw until Apple issues an update.”
Secunia: Versions Affected:
Apple Quicktime 7.0.3 on OS X 10.4.3
Apple iTunes 6.0.1 (3) on OSX 10.4.3
Apple Quicktime 7.0.3 on Win32
Apple iTunes 6.0.1 (3) on Win32
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