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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : RealPlayer (RHSA-2007:0841)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40707

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated RealPlayer package that fixes a security flaw is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, and 5 Supplementary.

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

RealPlayer is a media player that provides media playback locally and via streaming.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way RealPlayer processed Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) files. It was possible for a malformed SMIL file to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running RealPlayer. (CVE-2007-3410)

All users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package containing RealPlayer version 10.0.9 which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected RealPlayer and / or realplayer packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2263

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2264

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3410

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5081

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0841

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40707

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0841.nasl

Version: 1.33

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:realplayer, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2007

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2263, CVE-2007-2264, CVE-2007-3410, CVE-2007-5081

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2007:0841