gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-04.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200507-04">
  <title>RealPlayer: Heap overflow vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap overflow that could lead to remote
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">realplayer</product>
  <announced>July 06, 2005</announced>
  <revised>July 06, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>96923</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/realplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">10.0.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">10.0.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
    multimedia file formats.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap overflow when opening RealMedia
    files which make use of RealText.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RealMedia 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 available
    version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/realplayer-10.0.5&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/">RealNetworks Security Advisory</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1766">CAN-2005-1766</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:08:55 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:38:32 +0000">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:36:44 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>