ISS Coverage |
| Product |
Content Version |
Network Sensor 7.0
Proventia A
Proventia IPS (G/GX)
Server Sensor 7.0
Proventia Multifunction Appliance
Proventia Server (Linux) |
27.120 |
Proventia Server (Windows)
Proventia Desktop |
x.x.x.2130 |
| BlackICE PC Protection 3.6 |
CQS |
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Detailed Description |
| Business Impact: |
Apple QuickTime is a common software program used to view multimedia files and is installed by default on Apple Mac operating systems. Although this vulnerability requires a user to click a link or visit a malicious web page, a successful exploit would result in remote code execution and possibly complete compromise of the system. Public exploitation of this vulnerability has already been reported. |
| CVSS: |
Base Score: |
9.3 |
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Access Vector: |
Network |
| Access Complexity: |
Medium |
| Authentication: |
None |
| Confidentiality Impact: |
Complete |
| Integrity Impact: |
Complete |
| Availability Impact: |
Complete |
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| Adjusted Temporal Score: |
7.7 |
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Exploitability: |
Functional |
| Remediation Level: |
Official-fix |
| Report Confidence: |
Confirmed |
| Affected Products: |
For a full list of affected versions, see references below. |
| Technical 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. |
| Remediation: |
Apple released a patch for this issue on Dec. 13, 2007. See References for details. |
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References |
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Revision History |
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1.0
1.1 |
Initial publication.
Updated patch information. Modified business impact and CVSS to reflect the availability of the patch. |
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