Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime udta Atom Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-1460)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2006-199
Date Published:	14 Oct 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 14 October, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-1460
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Apple QuickTime is a multimedia player that supports a wide range of media formats. The software supports parsing and displaying picture files as well as numerous video formats. QuickTime is capable of processing the Apple QuickTime movie file format, which is a proprietary format created by Apple Computer, Inc. There exists a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple QuickTime. The flaw is caused by insufficient checks imposed on the value that defines the size of a udta Atom in a MOV file. This may lead to a heap buffer overflow, which may be exploited by an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code in the security context of the currently logged in user. The behaviour of the affected application is fully dependent on the outcome of an attack attempt. In the case of an unsuccessful attack, the application will terminate. In the case where the flow of the vulnerable process is successfully diverted, the behaviour of the target host system is fully dependent on the intention of the supplied code. In the case where process flow is diverted as a result of an attack, the attacker supplied code will be executed with the privileges of the currently logged on user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime udta Atom Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime udta atom buffer overflow