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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200809-03
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: RealPlayer: Buffer overflow
      Date: September 04, 2008
      Bugs: #232997
        ID: 200809-03

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Synopsis
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RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for the
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     < 11.0.0.4028-r1     >= 11.0.0.4028-r1

Description
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Dyon Balding of Secunia Research reported an unspecified heap-based
buffer overflow in the Shockwave Flash (SWF) frame handling.

Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SWF (Shockwave Flash)
file, a remote attacker could be able to execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
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emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-11.0.0.4028-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5400
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5400

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200809-03

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/