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Red Hat RHSA-2005:517-01 Critical: HelixPlayer Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important update from Red Hat addressing HelixPlayer's security vulnerability fixes a buffer overflow issue that may lead to unauthorized code execution.
An updated HelixPlayer package that fixes a buffer overflow issue is now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Respons...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

159871 - CAN-2005-1766 HelixPlayer heap overflow


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 08f868c1d1b7d9674c8c757438f3bdf3 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

ppc: 7b235efc96792aff7a96a9019763239e HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.ppc.rpm

x86_64: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 08f868c1d1b7d9674c8c757438f3bdf3 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 08f868c1d1b7d9674c8c757438f3bdf3 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 08f868c1d1b7d9674c8c757438f3bdf3 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.src.rpm

i386: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 679711b03ecb529acd7eae0ed2537fb4 HelixPlayer-1.0.5-0.EL4.1.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow critical package upgrade HelixPlayer

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1766

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:517-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:517.html
Issue date: 2005-06-23
Updated on: 2005-06-23
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat buffer overflow critical package upgrade HelixPlayer

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ppc, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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