QuickTime Security Flaws Patched
Apple has released five security fixes covering vulnerabilities for its QuickTime application - all patches for errors that could allow hackers to launch attacks that result in hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in Fort Lauderdale computer repair costs.
The patches, which are addressed in Apple's updated in QuickTime 7.5, affect the previous version 7.4.5, which was released in April.
Four of the five repairs affect numerous versions of Mac OS X and Windows, while one patch affects only Windows Vista and XP SP2.
Two of the updates in question fixed heap buffer overflow errors resulting from QuickTime's mishandling of the PICT image file.
Both vulnerabilities could be exploited if a user was enticed to open a maliciously crafted PICT image, which would allow an attacker to take complete control of the user's computer or shut it down entirely.
Boca Raton computer repair experts say that another of the updates fixed a corruption issue in QuickTime's handling of AAC encoded media content, which could be exploited if a user were to open a malicious media file.
One of the addressed Ft. Lauderdale computer repair concerns, which affects both Windows and Mac, involves a URL handling issue. How it works is this: Some remote hackers may exploit vulnerabilities such as this through the launch of malicious code after a user played malicious content in QuickTime player - which could be hosted on a malicious Website. To fill in these security gaps, a URL file update addressed the issue by displaying files under Finder or Windows Explorer rather than launching them. Continue reading this article here ...
