Brief Hands-On Report--Apple released QuickTime 7.2

Apple released QuickTime 7.2 and it is available for download via Software Update or from this Apple Web page. According to Apple,

QuickTime 7.2 addresses critical security issues and delivers:
- Support for full screen viewing in QuickTime Player
- Updates to the H.264 codec
- Numerous bug fixes

Here are the security details:

CVE-2007-2295--Viewing a maliciously crafted H.264 movie may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution--A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of H.264 movies. By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted H.264 movie, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of QuickTime H.264 movies. Credit to Tom Ferris of
Security-Protocols.com, and Matt Slot of Ambrosia Software, Inc. for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2392--Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution--A memory corruption issue exists in QuickTime's handling of movie files. By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted movie file, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of movie files. Credit to Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch of Red Shed Software for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2296--Viewing a maliciously crafted .m4v file may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution--An integer overflow vulnerability exists in QuickTime's handling of .m4v files. By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted .m4v file, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of .m4v files. Credit to Tom Ferris of Security Protocols.com for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2394--Viewing a maliciously crafted SMIL file may lead to an
unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution--An integer overflow vulnerability exists in QuickTime's handling of SMIL files. By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted SMIL file, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of SMIL files. Credit to David Vaartjes of ITsec Security Services, working with the iDefense VCP, for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2397--Visiting a malicious website may lead to arbitrary code
execution--A design issue exists in QuickTime for Java, which may allow security checks to be disabled. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing a more accurate permissions check. Credit to Adam Gowdiak for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2393--Visiting a malicious website may lead to arbitrary code
execution--A design issue exists in QuickTime for Java. This may allow Java applets to bypass security checks in order to read and write process memory. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of Java applets. Credit to Adam Gowdiak for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2396--Visiting a malicious website may lead to arbitrary code
execution--A design issue exists in QuickTime for Java. JDirect exposes interfaces that may allow loading arbitrary libraries and freeing arbitrary memory. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by removing support for JDirect from QuickTime for Java. Credit to Adam Gowdiak for reporting this issue.

CVE-2007-2402--Visiting a malicious website may lead to the disclosure of
sensitive information--A design issue exists in QuickTime for Java, which may allow a malicious website to capture a client's screen content. By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a maliciously crafted Java applet, an attacker can trigger the issue which may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This update addresses the issue by performing a more accurate access control check.

We downloaded and successfully installed QuickTime 7.2 on a number of Macs: Mac mini Core Duo, iMac Core Duo, iMac Core 2 Duo, MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo-LED, Power Mac G4 Cube and PowerBook G4. We used QuickTime 7.2 to play movie files and movie trailers from the QuickTime Web site and encountered no problems. [Bill Fox & Dana Baggett]