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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:0812-02 Critical: Remove RealPlayer Due To Code Risks

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest Security Notice from Red Hat cautions users to uninstall RealPlayer because of potential threats related to code execution exploits.
RealPlayer 10.0.9 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, and 5 Supplementary, contains a security flaw and should not be used. This update has been rated as ...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

RealPlayer is a media player that provides media playback locally and via streaming.
RealPlayer 10.0.9 is vulnerable to a critical security flaw and should no longer be used. A remote attacker could leverage this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running RealPlayer. (CVE-2007-5400)
This issue is addressed in RealPlayer 11. Red Hat is unable to ship RealPlayer 11 due to additional proprietary codecs included in that version. Therefore, users who wish to continue to use RealPlayer should get an update directly from www.real.com.
This update removes the RealPlayer 10.0.9 packages due to their known security vulnerabilities.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update code execution Red Hat Enterprise RealPlayer media player

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5400 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:
i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras:
i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras:
i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras:
i386: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: realplayer-uninstall-10.0.9-0.rhel3.7.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
x86_64: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-3.i386.rpm
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client):
i386: RealPlayer-uninstall-10.0.9-4.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0812-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0812.html
Issue date: 2008-07-31
Updated on: 2008-09-17

Topic

RealPlayer 10.0.9 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, and 5 Supplementary, contains a security flaw and should not be used.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

[Updated 17 September 2008] We have updated this erratum to include packages which remove RealPlayer from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update code execution Red Hat Enterprise RealPlayer media player

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64

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

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

456855 - CVE-2007-5400 RealPlayer: SWF Frame Handling Buffer Overflow

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