GLSA 200510-07: RealPlayer, Helix Player: Format string vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	RealPlayer, Helix Player: Format string vulnerability
Date:	10/07/2005
Bugs:	#107309
ID:	200510-07

Synopsis

RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a format string vulnerability resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats. Helix Player is an open source media player for Linux.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/realplayer	< 10.0.6	>= 10.0.6	All supported architectures
media-video/helixplayer	< 1.0.6		All supported architectures

Description

"c0ntex" reported that RealPlayer and Helix Player suffer from a heap overflow.

Impact

By enticing a user to play a specially crafted realpix (.rp) or realtext (.rt) 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-10.0.6"

Note to Helix Player users: There is currently no stable secure Helix Player package. Affected users should remove the package until an updated Helix Player package is released.

References

CAN-2005-2710

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-07.xml

Concerns?

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