Protect Yourself from the QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability
TidBITS has published an article with the above title. By now you have probably heard about the announcement from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team concerning a vulnerability in Quicktime on both Macs and PCs.
"This QuickTime flaw is especially serious because active exploit code exists on the Internet, because it can allow an attacker to take over your computer, and because there is as yet no patch to fix the flaw. In the security world we call this a "zero-day" vulnerability, and it's a serious situation since it's so hard for users to protect themselves without a patch.
Originally, the exploit code was designed for Windows, not Mac OS X, but there is now exploit code for both Tiger and Leopard. Until Apple issues a patch, we must all be extremely careful using QuickTime, which is inconvenient at best."
Of course, Rich Mogull has more and some ways to protect us from damage.
Read more here.
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