Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla: The BugBlog Report, 6/5

Here are some of the most significant bugs from the past week in the BugBlog:

After the reports of compatibility problems with Apple QuickTime 7.1 in May, 2006, Apple has released a QuickTime 7.1.1 update. This fixes problems with third-party applications, especially from Adobe, when QuickTime 7.1 is running on Intel-based Macs. It also fixes a potential bug when QuickTime was exporting Keynote presentations to Apple iDVD. Get the update at Apple's support site.

Secunia reports that a bug in inetcomm.dll in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 may allow a buffer overflow using the "mhtml:" URI handler. A malicious website may be able to use this to run hostile code on your system. According to Secunia, this has been confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP 2 and Windows Server 2003 systems. They credit "Mr.Niega" with finding this bug. There is no official word from Microsoft yet.

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 1.5.0.4 and Thunderbird 1.5.0.4. These updates fix a number of bugs in nested options, in DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, Content-implemented tree views, and XBL implementation. Some of these bugs could cause crashes that may corrupt memory, which means that attackers could exploit them to sneak hostile code onto your system. Get the updates at Mozilla's website or through the Help, Check for Updates command.

Article Author: Bruce Kratofil

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