RHEL 3 : realplayer (RHSA-2005:299)

high Nessus Plugin ID 17590

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated realplayer packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The realplayer package contains RealPlayer, a media format player.

A number of security issues have been discovered in RealPlayer 8 of which a subset are believed to affect the Linux version as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras. RealPlayer 8 is no longer supported by RealNetworks.

Users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this erratum package which contains RealPlayer 10.

Solution

Update the affected realplayer package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17590

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-299.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:realplayer, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (RealNetworks RealPlayer SMIL Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0387, CVE-2004-0550, CVE-2005-0189, CVE-2005-0191, CVE-2005-0455, CVE-2005-0611

RHSA: 2005:299

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