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Apple QuickTime RTSP Buffer Overflow

Posted on 8th January, 2007, 9:30 am, by glen, under General, Mac, Security.

A vulnerability has been found in the way QuickTime handles Real Time Streaming Protocol URL’s. Until Apple release a Software Update for this, it is recommended that users disable QuickTime support in their browsers. This is simple to do:

Navigate to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Drag the QuickTime Plugin.plugin and QuickTime Plugin.webplugin files to a temporary location, [...]

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