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GLSA-200504-21 : RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18121

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-21 (RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

 Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RAM file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4' All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4'

See Also

https://www.real.com/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-21

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18121

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-21.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 4/22/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:helixplayer, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:realplayer, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0755

GLSA: 200504-21