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Gentoo: 200809-03 Normal: RealPlayer Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
RealPlayer on Gentoo Linux susceptible to stack overflow; imperative to update for mitigation against remote command execution threats.
RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

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

Synopsis ======= RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-video/realplayer < 11.0.0.4028-r1 >= 11.0.0.4028-r1
========== Dyon Balding of Secunia Research reported an unspecified heap-based buffer overflow in the Shockwave Flash (SWF) frame handling.
Impact ===== By enticing a user to open a...

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