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APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-3 Apple TV 5.0

Posted on 08 March 2012
Apple Security-announce

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APPLE-SA-2012-03-07-3 Apple TV 5.0

Apple TV 5.0 is now available and addresses the following:

Apple TV
Available for: Apple TV (2nd generation)
Impact: Applications that use the libresolv library may be
vulnerable to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code
execution
Description: An integer overflow existed in the handling of DNS
resource records, which may lead to heap memory corruption.
CVE-ID
CVE-2011-3453 : Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive


Installation note:

Apple TV will periodically check for software updates. Alternatively,
you may manually check for software updates by selecting
"Settings -> General -> Update Software".

To check the current version of software, select
"Settings -> General -> About".

Information will also be posted to the Apple Security Updates
web site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

This message is signed with Apple's Product Security PGP key,
and details are available at:
https://www.apple.com/support/security/pgp/

 

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