Apple iTunes DAAP Messages Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Apple iTunes DAAP Messages Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability   
2009.Mar.13  

Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Apple iTunes

Summary:  
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    A DoS vulnerability in Apple iTunes through a maliciously crafted DAAP message. 
    
Impact: 
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    Denial of service. 
 
Risk:  
=====

    Medium  
 
Affected Software:  
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    Apple iTunes 8 for Windows, other versions may be affected  
    This issue does not affect Mac OS X systems 

References:  
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        FortiGuard Advisory:     http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-11.html
    Apple Security Bulletin: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3487  
    Apple Security Updates:  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1222  
    CVE ID: CVE-2009-0016    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0016
 
Acknowledgments:   
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    Xiaopeng Zhang, Zhenhua Liu, and Junfeng Jia of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team 


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