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GLSA-200603-24 : RealPlayer: Buffer overflow vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 21148

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-200603-24 (RealPlayer: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

 RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing malicious SWF files.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SWF 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-10.0.7'

See Also

https://www.real.com/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200603-24

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21148

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-24.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 3/27/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0323

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200603-24