Quicktime and Garageband Updates

[G4R2]

Quicktime has been updated to version 7.31:

QuickTime 7.3.1 addresses security issues.

This update is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.

For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61798


Garageband has also received an update to version 4.1.1:

This update improves overall stability and addresses issues with file export to iPhone.

Available via Software Update

[Fuzzy14]

He's right, you know.

[xUKHCx]

Thanks for the 'up.

Is this the unpatched Quicktime flaw that exposed recently

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted RTSP movie may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) headers. By enticing a user to view a maliciously crafted RTSP movie, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by ensuring that the destination buffer is sized to contain the data.

Certainly looks like it.

Plus two others

Impact: Viewing a maliciously crafted QTL file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution

Description: A heap buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's handling of QTL files. By enticing a user to view a maliciously crafted QTL file, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking.

Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in QuickTime's Flash media handler

Description: Multiple vulnerabilities exist in QuickTime's Flash media handler, the most serious of which may lead to arbitrary code execution. With this update, the Flash media handler in QuickTime is disabled except for a limited number of existing QuickTime movies that are known to be safe. Credit to Tom Ferris of Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET), Mike Price of McAfee Avert Labs, and security researchers Lionel d'Hauenens & Brian Mariani of Syseclabs for reporting this issue.

Always welcome security updates. Time for everyone to break their uptime

[coolbreeze]

Well this is just great. I did the update on my current-version Macbook, rebooted and life was great. Until my entire Mac froze. I had the beachball for about an hour, wouldn't respond to anything, was forced to hold down the power button to reboot.

Reboot led me to the grey screen with the Apple and spinning gear. Never booted into Leopard.

I reset the NVRAM. Nothing.

Booted into Safe Mode. Still frozen at the grey startup screen with the Apple and spinning gear.

Going on 20 minutes. Gear still spinning, doing nothing.

What gives?

[unity]

Originally Posted by coolbreeze

Well this is just great. I did the update on my current-version Macbook, rebooted and life was great. Until my entire Mac froze. I had the beachball for about an hour, wouldn't respond to anything, was forced to hold down the power button to reboot.

Reboot led me to the grey screen with the Apple and spinning gear. Never booted into Leopard.

I reset the NVRAM. Nothing.

Booted into Safe Mode. Still frozen at the grey startup screen with the Apple and spinning gear.

Going on 20 minutes. Gear still spinning, doing nothing.

What gives?

And you did repair permissions before install? Yes, no? If yes then not sure. Try booting from the Leopard DVD and run disk and permission repair.

[coolbreeze]

Originally Posted by unity

And you did repair permissions before install? Yes, no? If yes then not sure. Try booting from the Leopard DVD and run disk and permission repair.

I don't normally repair permissions before an install, but usually do after. In this case, I didn't do either (if it's that necessary, Apple needs to have a script do it automatically).

Anyhow, I booted with my Leopard DVD and am trying to verify/repair permissions. It is going on 20 minutes trying to verify permissions. I'm scared.

If this doesn't work, I'll try to restore from my Time Machine backup. I really hope that works...

[coolbreeze]

I really don't mean to hijack this thread, but I have serious problems with my Mac. I tried the First Aid "Verify Disk" (Leopard DVD) and it fails. This is the error:

Volume Check Failed
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed

[xUKHCx]

Originally Posted by coolbreeze

I really don't mean to hijack this thread, but I have serious problems with my Mac. I tried the First Aid "Verify Disk" (Leopard DVD) and it fails. This is the error:

Volume Check Failed
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed

Did it happen because of this update, if not then please start another thread.

[dL.]

Thanks for the notice! Haven't restarted for awhile :P

dL

[coolbreeze]

Originally Posted by xUKHCx

Did it happen because of this update, if not then please start another thread.

Well it happened immediately after this update, so I'm not sure.

Anyhow, good luck with the update guys. I'm skeptical.

[xUKHCx]

Originally Posted by coolbreeze

Well it happened immediately after this update, so I'm not sure.

Anyhow, good luck with the update guys. I'm skeptical.

OK this is what I would do if disk utility couldn't fix it when you were booted from the install DVD.


Start up the computer in single-user mode by pressing s as the computer boots.

At the command-line prompt, type /sbin/fsck -fy
Press Return. fsck will go through five "phases" and then return information about your disk's use and fragmentation. Once it finishes, it'll display this message if no issue is found:
** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK
If fsck found issues and has altered, repaired, or fixed anything, it will display this message:
***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

Important: If this message appears, repeat the fsck command you typed in step 2 until fsck tells you that your volume appears to be OK (first-pass repairs may uncover additional issues, so this is a normal thing to do).
When fsck reports that your volume is OK, type reboot at the prompt and then press Return.

[kjr39]

"Apple recommends that you connect your computer to a power source before installing. Are you sure you want to continue the installation?"

Huh?

Never saw that before...

[xUKHCx]

Originally Posted by kjr39

"Apple recommends that you connect your computer to a power source before installing. Are you sure you want to continue the installation?"

Huh?

Never saw that before...

I have and I have only had my MB for a ~ month. I believe it is there to ensure that the battery will not die during the install as that would potentially wreck havoc.

[goosnarrggh]

Originally Posted by kjr39

"Apple recommends that you connect your computer to a power source before installing. Are you sure you want to continue the installation?"

Huh?

Never saw that before...

I think it's a new warning that was added with Leopard.

I love to see how this update was released for Panther users too.

Just think, not too long ago there were moaners complaining about how they owned perfectly good computers that were just below the minimum specs required for Leopard, so they'd end up stuck with an "unsupported" installation of "obsolete" Tiger...

So much for "unsupported"...

[McScooby]

the install warning with power adapter has always been there since i can remember.

O/T just updated Java 6 for 10.4 not sure if it's just out or what?!

[scotpole]

I recently had problems and they seemed to arise from Quicktime. I used virus barrier to check my computer and it found that a Quicktime Plug in had been corrupted. I repaired the plug in, but when I went to sites pictures and ads would not appear. I then went to Apples site and downloaded Quicktime. I installed Quicktime 7.3 and I got pictures and ads when I went to Yahoo.

That night I went surfing. After I was done surfing I ran a virus checker and the virus checker kept crashing, which I reported to Apple. So I reinstalled the virus checker. All of this was a pain in the pa-toot-e.

But this vulnerability may allow passwords to be stolen from your machine. It is probably well worth while to update to QT 7.3.1. The exploited flaw may be nasty.

[saxman]

No problems for me on my 10.5.1 install on a PB 1.33

[macboy62]

Hey I just got Java 6 with the QT update!

[Viv]

No problems for me on 10.4.11 it did java plus QT and QTB no pre-binding or permissions repairs done.

Dare I say Safari seems markedly snappier

started in the normal amount of time

[EagerDragon]

G4 PB 15 10.5.1 here. During installation, it started complaining that different programs would not shutdown. re-started the apps (they were shutdown) and terminated them, still would not re-boot, then I did some force quit, it complained that it could not shutdown because of finder not quitting.

In the end I had to hold the power buttom until the machine shutdown, it came up and the new version of QT was not there, only the old one.

So i did the software update agin, saw the update, and it ran like a champ this time and re-booted just fine, after that I checked the version and the new one was installed, I tried a few videos with no issue.

Weird but seems ok.

[Dr.Gargoyle]

What the heck was this?
Parallels (3.0) refuse to start. Crashes directly when I try to launch it. I even reinstalled parallels... same thing.
Did they outsource this update to Redmond, or what is going?

Misery continued: For some reason I can't repair permissions on either my MBP C2D nor my old PM G4 MDD??? What are the odds that the same problem occurs on two different machines with different processors. There is something weird with this update.

[unity]

I am having freaky weird problems after these updates. Never had issues before. Permissions and disk check out good.

Initial problems were with audio distortions, even in iChat. A re-boot fixed that but now apps are crashing left and right.

I have never had issues with any Apple update before, and this is not even a major one so I expected none... <sigh>

[Dr.Gargoyle]

Originally Posted by unity

I am having freaky weird problems after these updates. Never had issues before. Permissions and disk check out good.

Initial problems were with audio distortions, even in iChat. A re-boot fixed that but now apps are crashing left and right.

I have never had issues with any Apple update before, and this is not even a major one so I expected none... <sigh>

Same here... who expects the roof to cave in after a QT and GB update???

I was just able to .... well. go through ... repair permissions.

From my MBP I got:
Warning: SUID-file "usr/libexec/load_hdi" has been changed and will not be repaired
....
Warning: SUID-file "System/Library/CoreServices..../OwnerGroupTool" has been changed and will not be repaired

WTF??????? Nine SUID-file warnings after an update??

My MDD is still trying to get through Repair Permissions...

[Amdahl]

Originally Posted by macboy62

Hey I just got Java 6 with the QT update!

Actually, it is Java 5, Release 6 for Tiger.

[Dr.Gargoyle]

I got the exact same SUID warnings on the MDD. Everything worked fine before I installed the update. Now both computers behave like Win boxes. Both computers display the same error messages after I run Repair Permissions. See photo below.

Very short Swedish-English Dictionary:
Varning = Warning
har ändrats och kommer inte repareras = has been changed and vill not be repaired.
Fel behörigheter = Wrong Permissions
Fel användare på = Wrong user in (???)
ska vara = should be
användaren är = the user is