Apple on Tuesday released a QuickTime update to fix a security flaw that was used to breach a MacBook Pro at a recent security conference. The media player vulnerability lies in QuickTime for Java, Apple said in a security alert. The hole could be exploited through a rigged Web site and let an attacker commandeer computers running both Mac OS X and Windows, the Mac maker said.
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Description: An implementation issue exists in QuickTime for Java, which may allow reading or writing out of the bounds of the allocated heap. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously-crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional bounds checking when creating QTPointerRef objects. Credit to Dino Dai Zovi working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305446
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798
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> It's QuickTime's problem, not Java being the culprit,
> which has been previously reported.
"The media player vulnerability lies in QuickTime for Java"
Right... I see the words "Quicktime" in that sentence. Seems to me it is a "Quicktime for Java" problem. Seems you can't remove the "Java" from the equation.
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Well, latest market share figures can be found here:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2
According to this the Mac platform is upon 6.21% and Linux is at 0.80% or almost 8 times smaller. The Mac computer platform is now the fastest growing personal computer platform in the world - joined by the Apple Reatil Stores as the world fastest growing retail chain.
Edited 2007-05-02 00:48
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