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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : RealPlayer (RHSA-2008:0812)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40726
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
RealPlayer 10.0.9 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, and 5 Supplementary, contains a security flaw and should not be used.This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
[Updated 17 September 2008] We have updated this erratum to include packages which remove RealPlayer from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.
RealPlayer is a media player that provides media playback locally and via streaming.
RealPlayer 10.0.9 is vulnerable to a critical security flaw and should no longer be used. A remote attacker could leverage this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running RealPlayer. (CVE-2007-5400)
This issue is addressed in RealPlayer 11. Red Hat is unable to ship RealPlayer 11 due to additional proprietary codecs included in that version. Therefore, users who wish to continue to use RealPlayer should get an update directly from www.real.com.
This update removes the RealPlayer 10.0.9 packages due to their known security vulnerabilities.
Solution
Update the affected RealPlayer-uninstall and / or realplayer-uninstall packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40726
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0812.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/24/2009
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: Medium
Score: 5.9
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:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:realplayer-uninstall, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5400
BID: 30370