RealPlayer Skin File Remote Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15789

Synopsis

The remote Windows application is affected by a remote buffer overflow.

Description

According to its build number, the installed version of RealPlayer / RealOne Player for Windows may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host, with the privileges of the user running RealPlayer because of an overflow vulnerability in the third-party compression library 'DUNZIP32.DLL'.

To do so, an attacker would need to send a corrupted skin file (.RJS) to a remote user and have him open it using RealPlayer.

Solution

Upgrade according to the vendor advisory referenced above.

See Also

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2004/Oct/1044

http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/041026_player/EN/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15789

File Name: realplayer_skin_remote_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/23/2004

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:realnetworks:realplayer

Required KB Items: SMB/RealPlayer/Product, SMB/RealPlayer/Build

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1094

BID: 11555