MacFixIt – iTunes 4.7.1: Security Enhancements

MacFixIt – iTunes 4.7.1: Security Enhancements:
“Apple quietly introduced some significant security enhancements with the iTunes 4.7.1 release, making it an important upgrade for all customers. The update resolves a flaw where malicious playlists can cause iTunes to crash and could execute arbitrary code Apple’s description reads ‘iTunes supports several common playlist formats. iTunes 4.7.1 fixes a buffer overflow in the parsing of m3u and pls playlist files that could allow earlier versions of iTunes to crash and execute arbitrary code.”

[ Via MacFixIt ]

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