GLSA 200504-21: RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date:	04/22/2005
Bugs:	#89862
ID:	200504-21

Synopsis

RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats. Helix Player is the Open Source version of RealPlayer.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/realplayer	< 10.0.4	>= 10.0.4	All supported architectures
media-video/helixplayer	< 1.0.4	>= 1.0.4	All supported architectures

Description

Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files.

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4"

All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-21.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.