metadata/glsa/glsa-200504-21.xml

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<glsa id="200504-21">
  <title>RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could
    lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">RealPlayer</product>
  <announced>April 22, 2005</announced>
  <revised>April 22, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>89862</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/realplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">10.0.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">10.0.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="media-video/helixplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
    multimedia file formats. Helix Player is the Open Source version of
    RealPlayer.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in
    RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4&quot;</code>
    <p>
    All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0755">CAN-2005-0755</uri>
    <uri link="http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050419_player/EN/">RealNetworks Advisory</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:25:50 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:28:38 +0000">
    formula7
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:59:29 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>