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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200709-05 ] RealPlayer: Buffer overflow
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:47:17
Message-Id: 20070914211737.GG5635@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-05
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: RealPlayer: Buffer overflow
9 Date: September 14, 2007
10 Bugs: #183421
11 ID: 200709-05
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15 Synopsis
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18 RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for execution of
19 arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
25 multimedia file formats.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-video/realplayer < 10.0.9 >= 10.0.9
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35 Description
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38 A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the
39 SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue() function in smlprstime.cpp when
40 handling HH:mm:ss.f type time formats.
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42 Impact
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45 By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SMIL (Synchronized
46 Multimedia Integration Language) file, an attacker could be able to
47 execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
48 application.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.9"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-3410
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3410
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-05.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5