Gentoo: GLSA-200603-24 Critical: RealPlayer Buffer Overflow Attack
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March 26, 2006
RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-24
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: RealPlayer: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: March 26, 2006
Bugs: #127352
ID: 200603-24
Synopsis
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RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
multimedia file formats.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/realplayer < 10.0.7 >= 10.0.7
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RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing malicious
SWF files.
Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafte...
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