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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-21
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Severity: Normal
Title: RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: April 22, 2005
Bugs: #89862
ID: 200504-21
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Synopsis
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RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that
could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
multimedia file formats. Helix Player is the Open Source version of
RealPlayer.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/realplayer < 10.0.4 >= 10.0.4
2 media-video/helixplayer < 1.0.4 >= 1.0.4
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in
RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files.
Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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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
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[ 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
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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?
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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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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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
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