National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0043
Original release date:05/02/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in Apple iTunes 4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL in (1) .m3u or (2) .pls playlist files.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#377368
Name: VU#377368
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20050113 Apple iTunes Playlist Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Type: Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2005-01-11
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: itunes-m3u-pls-bo(18851)
External Source: BID
Name: 12238
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 12833
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1012839
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 13804
