RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability

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Updated April 22, 2005

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200504-21 / RealPlayer
Release Date	April 22, 2005
Latest Revision	April 22, 2005: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	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

Related bugreports: #89862

Synopsis

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

2. Impact Information

Background

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

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

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

All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.2: Resolution

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

4. References