GLSA 200709-05: RealPlayer: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	RealPlayer: Buffer overflow
Date:	09/14/2007
Bugs:	#183421
ID:	200709-05

Synopsis

RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for execution of arbitrary code.

Background

RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-video/realplayer	< 10.0.9	>= 10.0.9	All supported architectures

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue() function in smlprstime.cpp when handling HH:mm:ss.f type time formats.

Impact

By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) file, an attacker could be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges 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-10.0.9"

References

CVE-2007-3410

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-05.xml

Concerns?

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