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Apple iTunes Security Flaw Discovered?

Posted by Zonk on from the unfortunate-song dept.

brajesh writes "CNET News.com is reporting that a critical vulnerability has been found in some versions of Apple's popular iTunes that could allow attackers to remotely take over a user's computer, according to a warning issued by eEye Digital Security, a security research firm. The latest iTunes flaw affects all operating systems from Windows XP to Mac OS X, according to the advisory. The discovery of this latest flaw comes days after Apple issued its iTunes 6 for Windows security update."

2 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not "remote executable" in those terms by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah, ok. Faith restored in system. :-)

    I used itunes once [was playing with a friends ipod]. It looked neato.

    I like my mp3cd player. And the wad of cash I have in my pocket.

    Oh who am I kidding, I don't have money, and that joke isn't even original [sorry PA]. But I do have an mp3cd player :-)

    Tom

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    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  2. iTunes error by Darthmalt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since I installed iTunes v6 the program has a fatal error every time I start it. Itune v5 worked fine till i upgraded. I tried uninstalling v6 and putting v5 back on but I still get the same error. It doesn'tidentify the error but just asks me to send the crash info to MS.
     
      Has anyone else had this problem?