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Scientific Linux: 2007-06-27 Critical: HelixPlayer Buffer Overflow

Calendar Jun 27, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory buffer overflow critical software update HelixPlayer Scientific Linux
Critical: HelixPlayer security update 
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:43:58 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for HelixPlayer on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Critical: HelixPlayer security update
Issue date:	2007-06-27
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-3410

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way HelixPlayer processed
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) files. It was possible
for a malformed SMIL file to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of
the user running HelixPlayer. (CVE-2007-3410)

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
	HelixPlayer-1.0.6-0.EL4.2.0.2.src.rpm
 i386:
	HelixPlayer-1.0.6-0.EL4.2.0.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
	HelixPlayer-1.0.6-0.EL4.2.0.2.i386.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson