Apple issues major patch updates for QuickTime, iPod touch
Apple Inc. yesterday patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its QuickTime media player, iTunes music store client, iPod touch device and Bonjour network software. More than half of the bugs could let hackers hijack computers or the iPod.
In four separate security updates, Apple fixed nine flaws in QuickTime, seven in the iPod touch's software, and two each in iTunes and Bonjour for Windows.
Secunia APS rated the QuickTime and iPod touch bugs as "highly critical," its second-highest threat ranking. The Copenhagen-based vulnerability tracker pegged the Bonjour and iTunes flaws as "less critical," the second-lowest ranking. Tuesday's update to QuickTime 7.5.5 was Apple's fifth this year for the problem-plagued media player. Apple has plugged a total of 30 holes in the program in 2008, most recently in early June.
