Friday, November 4, 2005

Editors Note: Not 100% clear whether this security vulnerability exists for QuickTime for OS 9. Secunia says this affects QuickTime 6 & 7, and that "Prior versions may also be affected." Apple's site says the latest version of QuickTime for OS 9 is 6.03. So is the bottom line that if you are using OS 9, there will be no QT update and you have no choice but to upgrade to OS X if you want to avoid this vulnerability? QuickTime Security Vulnerability: Please Upgrade to QT 7.0.3: "A security flaw in QuickTime has been identifiedy today by both Secunia and FrSIRT (two security sites). The vulnerabilities in older versions of QuickTime affect both Mac and Windows platforms by allowing DoS attacks and may even allow malicious code insertion. To rectify the situation, please upgrade to QuickTime 7.0.3 for both platforms. On OS X, one can upgrade using Software Update or by downloading the latest version from Apple's website. (Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog.) 7:56:57 AM

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