QuickTime Vulnerabilities, 7.1 Released

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Apple QuickTime 7.1 updated release available.

Apple QuickTime contains multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

Apple QuickTime 7.1 resolves multiple vulnerabilities in the way different types of image and media files are handled. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to access a specially crafted image or media file with a vulnerable version of QuickTime. Since QuickTime configures most web browsers to handle QuickTime media files, an attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities using a web page.

More info on vulnerabilities :
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303752
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132B.html

Users of Quicktime are strongly urged to download and or upgrade to Quicktime 7.1 to stay secure.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

QuickTime Standalone Installer (Without iTunes) :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html