Tue, Nov 6 2007 4:13 Don

QuickTime update fixes code-execution holes

Once again, there's a new version of QuickTime media player, and if you know what's good for you, you'll install it soon, whether you use Windows or OS X.

Apple issued QuickTime 7.3 on Monday to nix seven bugs that left users vulnerable to online miscreants. Six of the flaws made it possible for attackers to remotely run malicious software on a victim's PC. A seventh, which resided in QuickTime for Java, could allow untrusted Java applets to run with elevated privileges, Apple said in a security advisory on its website.

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