12833 : Apple iTunes m3u/pls Playlist Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
12	2175	over 7 years ago	about 1 year ago	7 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-12-17	2004-12-17	2005-01-11	2005-01-15

Keywords

APPLE-SA-2005-01-11

Description

A local overflow exists in iTunes. iTunes fails to perform proper bounds checking on m3u/pls playlists, which may result in a buffer overflow. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted m3u/pls playlist which when executed by a local user can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a loss of integrity and/or availability.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.7.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.	iTunes	4.7.0
		4.6.x
		4.5.x
		4.4.x
		4.3.x
		4.2.x
		4.1.x
		4.0.x

References

Security Tracker: 1012839
Bugtraq ID: 12238
Metasploit ID: 12833
Secunia Advisory ID: 13804
ISS X-Force ID: 18851
CVE ID: 2005-0043 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 377368
Milw0rm: 758
Exploit Database: 758
Keyword: APPLE-SA-2005-01-11
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-01/0154.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-01/0172.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00000.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300667
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=180&type=vulnerabilities

Tools & Filters

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	2519
Snort	3471

Credit

Sean de Regge - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-13 | Disagree?

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