RealPlayer: Heap overflow vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200507-04 / realplayer
Release Date	July 06, 2005
Latest Revision	July 06, 2005: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/realplayer	< 10.0.5	>= 10.0.5	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #96923

Synopsis

RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap 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.

Description

RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap overflow when opening RealMedia files which make use of RealText.

Impact

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest available version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.5"

4. References

Updated July 06, 2005

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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