RealPlayer: Buffer overflow

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200809-03 / realplayer
Release Date	September 04, 2008
Latest Revision	September 04, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-video/realplayer	< 11.0.0.4028-r1	>= 11.0.0.4028-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #232997

Synopsis

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

2. Impact Information

Background

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

Description

Dyon Balding of Secunia Research reported an unspecified heap-based buffer overflow in the Shockwave Flash (SWF) frame handling.

Impact

By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SWF (Shockwave Flash) file, a remote attacker could be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges 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-11.0.0.4028-r1"

4. References

CVE-2007-5400

Page updated September 04, 2008

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