About the security content of iTunes 12.6 for Windows

This document describes the security content of iTunes 12.6 for Windows.

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iTunes 12.6 for Windows

Released March 21, 2017

APNs Server

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position can track a user's activity

Description: A client certificate was sent in plaintext. This issue was addressed through improved certificate handling.

CVE-2017-2383: Matthias Wachs and Quirin Scheitle of Technical University Munich (TUM)

Entry added March 28, 2017

iTunes

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Multiple issues in SQLite

Description: Multiple issues existed in SQLite. These issues were addressed by updating SQLite to version 3.15.2.

CVE-2013-7443

CVE-2015-3414

CVE-2015-3415

CVE-2015-3416

CVE-2015-3717

CVE-2015-6607

CVE-2016-6153

iTunes

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Multiple issues in expat

Description: Multiple issues existed in expat. These issues were addressed by updating expat to version 2.2.0.

CVE-2009-3270

CVE-2009-3560

CVE-2009-3720

CVE-2012-1147

CVE-2012-1148

CVE-2012-6702

CVE-2015-1283

CVE-2016-0718

CVE-2016-4472

CVE-2016-5300

libxslt

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities in libxslt

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-2017-5029: Holger Fuhrmannek

Entry added March 28, 2017

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution

Description: Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

CVE-2017-2463: Kai Kang (4B5F5F4B) of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com) working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative

Entry added March 28, 2017

WebKit

Available for: Windows 7 and later

Impact: Processing maliciously crafted web content may exfiltrate data cross-origin

Description: A validation issue existed in element handling. This issue was addressed through improved validation.

CVE-2017-2479: lokihardt of Google Project Zero

CVE-2017-2480: lokihardt of Google Project Zero

CVE-2017-2493: lokihardt of Google Project Zero

Entry updated April 24, 2017

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