FrSIRT - Apple iLife iPhoto Photocast XML "title" Field Handling Remote Format String Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Apple iLife iPhoto Photocast XML "title" Field Handling Remote Format String Vulnerability

Title : Apple iLife iPhoto Photocast XML "title" Field Handling Remote Format String Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0057
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0051
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-05

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple iLife iPhoto, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system [...]

Solution

Upgrade to iPhoto 6.0.6 :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iphoto606.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Kevin Finisterre

ChangeLog

2007-01-05 : Initial release
2007-03-13 : Updated Solution

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