[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200809-03 ] RealPlayer: Buffer overflow

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-03

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: RealPlayer: Buffer overflow

Date: September 04, 2008

Bugs: #232997

ID: 200809-03

 

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Synopsis

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RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for the

execution of arbitrary code.

 

Background

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RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple

multimedia file formats.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 media-video/realplayer < 11.0.0.4028-r1 >= 11.0.0.4028-r1

 

Description

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Dyon Balding of Secunia Research reported an unspecified heap-based

buffer overflow in the Shockwave Flash (SWF) frame handling.

 

Impact

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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.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

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emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-11.0.0.4028-r1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-5400

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5400

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-03.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5