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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-05
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: RealPlayer: Buffer overflow
Date: September 14, 2007
Bugs: #183421
ID: 200709-05
Synopsis
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RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for 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 < 10.0.9 >= 10.0.9
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A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in the
SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue() function in smlprstime.cpp when
handling HH:mm:ss.f type time formats.
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