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Red Hat alert RHSA-2008:0812-02 (RealPlayer)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: RealPlayer security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0812-02 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0812.html Issue date: 2008-07-31 Updated on: 2008-09-17 CVE Names: CVE-2007-5400 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: RealPlayer 10.0.9 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, and 5 Supplementary, contains a security flaw and should not be used. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. [Updated 17 September 2008] We have updated this erratum to include packages which remove RealPlayer from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: RealPlayer is a media player that provides media playback locally and via streaming. RealPlayer 10.0.9 is vulnerable to a critical security flaw and should no longer be used. A remote attacker could leverage this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running RealPlayer. (CVE-2007-5400) This issue is addressed in RealPlayer 11. Red Hat is unable to ship RealPlayer 11 due to additional proprietary codecs included in that version. Therefore, users who wish to continue to use RealPlayer should get an update directly from www.real.com. This update removes the RealPlayer 10.0.9 packages due to their known security vulnerabilities. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 456855 - CVE-2007-5400 RealPlayer: SWF Frame Handling Buffer Overflow 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras: i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras: i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras: i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras: i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras: i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras: i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras: i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras: i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client): i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-4.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-4.el5.i386.rpm RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server): i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-4.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-4.el5.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5400 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#cr... 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI0R1BXlSAg2UNWIIRAm18AJ0bEJfdaTd+0lVpq7+wDbAHixoVgQCeIHrC GMkckUlzHOH3yKYuSoCsVKk= =gQuo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list Enterprise-watch-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/enterprise-watch-... (Log in to post comments)
Red Hat security update to RealPlayer Posted Sep 18, 2008 18:07 UTC (Thu) by wingo (subscriber, #26929) [Link]
Surprised no one commented on this -- I find this incredible. That RH would go to the step of removing RealPlayer from the distro.
Incredibly good, of course :) And the circumstances around it are delicious as well, an admonition to all purveyors of network-facing binary-blob software.
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