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78 lines
2.5 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200504-21">
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<title>RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could
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lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">RealPlayer</product>
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<announced>April 22, 2005</announced>
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<revised>April 22, 2005: 01</revised>
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<bug>89862</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="media-video/realplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">10.0.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">10.0.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="media-video/helixplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.0.4</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.0.4</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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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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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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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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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RAM file an
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attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
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running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4"</code>
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<p>
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All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0755">CAN-2005-0755</uri>
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<uri link="http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050419_player/EN/">RealNetworks Advisory</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:25:50 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:28:38 +0000">
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formula7
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:59:29 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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