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Apple TV Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31034
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Release Date:
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2008-07-11
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Popularity:
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2,448 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Apple TV 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0036
CVE-2008-0234
CVE-2008-1015
CVE-2008-1017
CVE-2008-1018
CVE-2008-1585
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple TV, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
1) A boundary error in the handling of data reference atoms in movie files can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
For more information see vulnerability #3 in:
SA29650
2) A boundary error in the handling of "crgn" atoms in movie files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
For more information see vulnerability #5 in:
SA29650
3) A boundary error in the handling of "chan" atoms in movie files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
For more information see vulnerability #6 in:
SA29650
4) An error in the handling of "file:" URLs can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary programs.
For more more information see vulnerability #5 in:
SA29293
5) A boundary error when handling RTSP replies can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
For more information:
SA28423
6) A boundary error when processing compressed PICT images can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
For more information see vulnerability #4 in:
SA28502
Solution:
Update to version 2.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1,6) Chris Ries of Carnegie Mellon University Computing Services.
2) Sanbin Li, reporting via ZDI.
3) An anonymous researcher, reporting via ZDI.
4) Independently discovered by:
* Vinoo Thomas and Rahul Mohandas, McAfee Avert Labs
* Petko D. (pdp) Petkov, GNUCITIZEN
5) Luigi Auriemma
Original Advisory:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2304
Other References:
SA28423:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28423/
SA28502:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28502/
SA29293:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29293/
SA29650:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29650/
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