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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200504-21.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<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>