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QuickTime 7.3.1 Fixes RTSP Vulnerability
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  by Jeff Carlson <jeffc@tidbits.com>
  article link: <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9363>

  Apple has released QuickTime 7.3.1, a security update that patches a
  potentially serious exploit (see "Protect Yourself from the
  QuickTime RTSP Vulnerability," 2007-09-07). Unlike many recent
  security issues on the Mac, malicious code that took advantage of
  the QuickTime RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) vulnerability was
  active in the wild: a specially crafted Web page could install
  malicious software on your computer. According to Apple's security
  release notes, QuickTime 7.3.1 fixes the flaw in RTSP as well as
  holes in QuickTime's Flash media handler.

<http://db.tidbits.com/article/9333>
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176>

  Apple recommends the update for all users: it's available via
  Software Update and in standalone form for Leopard (52.6 MB), Tiger
  (48.7 MB), Panther (50.9 MB), and Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
  (20.3 MB).

<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forleopard.html>
<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731fortiger.html>
<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forpanther.html>
<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime731forwindows.html>



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