Apple QuickTime RTSP Content-Type header buffer overflow
| quicktime-rtsp-contenttype-bo (38604) |  High Risk |
Description:
Apple QuickTime is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) Content-Type header. By persuading a victim to connect to a specially-crafted RTSP stream, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5
- Apple, QuickTime 7.2
- Apple, QuickTime 7.3
- Gentoo, Linux
- Microsoft, Windows Vista
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Apple QuickTime (7.3.1 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Alert Dec 11, 2007, Apple QuickTime RTSP Content-Type Remote Code Execution at http://www.iss.net/threats/281.html.
- Sunnet Beskering Security Portal, QuickTime - Remote hacker automatic control at http://www.beskerming.com/security/2007/11/25/74/QuickTime_-_Remote_hacker_automatic_control.
- BID-26549: Apple QuickTime RTSP Response Header Content-Type Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- BID-26560: RETIRED: Apple QuickTime RTSP Response Header Content-Length Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6166: Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) servers to execute arbitrary code via an RTSP response with a long Content-Type header.
- GLSA-200803-08: Win32 binary codecs: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SA27755: Apple QuickTime RTSP "Content-Type" Header Buffer Overflow
- SECTRACK ID: 1018989: QuickTime Buffer Overflow in Processing RTSP Content-Type Header Values Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#659761: Apple QuickTime RTSP Content-Type header stack buffer overflow
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3984: Apple QuickTime RTSP Content-Type Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Nov 23, 2007
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