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Gentoo alert 200504-21 (realplayer)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: April 22, 2005 Bugs: #89862 ID: 200504-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats. Helix Player is the Open Source version of RealPlayer. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/realplayer < 10.0.4 >= 10.0.4 2 media-video/helixplayer < 1.0.4 >= 1.0.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files. Impact ====== By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RAM file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4" All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0755 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0755 [ 2 ] RealNetworks Advisory http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050419_player/EN/ Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-21.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 (Log in to post comments)
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