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