RealPlayer: Buffer overflow vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200603-24 / RealPlayer
Release Date	March 26, 2006
Latest Revision	March 26, 2006: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/realplayer	< 10.0.7	>= 10.0.7	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #127352

Synopsis

RealPlayer is 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.

Description

RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing malicious SWF files.

Impact

By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SWF 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-10.0.7"

4. References

Page updated March 26, 2006

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