Apple Patches iTunes, QuickTime

Apple has issued security fixes that could affect users of the iTunes and QuickTime software.

Apple has issued patches to fix security problems in both QuickTime and iTunes, the iTunes 8.2 and QuickTime 7.6.2 updates, which take care of vulnerabilities in Mac (MacOS X 10.4 and 10.5) and Windows (XP and Vista) versions of the software.

The QuickTime fix takes care of at total of 10 vulnerabilities, all of which could let a hacker remotely execute code on an infected system. Eight of the problems affect both Mac and Windows versions, while two are just for Windows.

By contrast, iTunes just has one vulnerability that affects both Windows and Mac versions.

The updates are available from Apple download site or via the Apple Software Update tool.