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GLSA-200510-07 : RealPlayer, Helix Player: Format string vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19977

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-07 (RealPlayer, Helix Player: Format string vulnerability)

 'c0ntex' reported that RealPlayer and Helix Player suffer from a heap overflow.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to play a specially crafted realpix (.rp) or realtext (.rt) file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/realplayer-10.0.6' Note to Helix Player users: There is currently no stable secure Helix Player package. Affected users should remove the package until an updated Helix Player package is released.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19977

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-07.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:helixplayer, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:realplayer, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2710

GLSA: 200510-07