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Red Hat: RHSA-2005:523-01 Critical RealPlayer Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important patch released for RealPlayer through Red Hat to mitigate a buffer overflow risk, strengthening overall system protection.
An updated RealPlayer 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 Response...

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/):

159864 - CAN-2005-1766 RealPlayer heap overflow 159868 - CAN-2005-1766 RealPlayer heap overflow


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:

i386: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras:

i386: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras:

i386: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras:

i386: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 7508c3d3ca7a7739e3422ad14537b657 realplayer-10.0.5-0.rhel3.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:

i386: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

x86_64: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:

i386: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

x86_64: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:

i386: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

x86_64: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:

i386: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.i386.rpm

x86_64: a894c6c6ab69e12f2d2696c1367a9b2c RealPlayer-10.0.5-1.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 buffer overflow critical update Red Hat Enterprise RealPlayer media player Red Hat Security

References

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

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:523-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:523.html
Issue date: 2005-06-23
Updated on: 2005-06-23
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical update Red Hat Enterprise RealPlayer media player Red Hat Security

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

Bugs Fixed

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