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GLSA-200507-04 : RealPlayer: Heap overflow vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18633

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-200507-04 (RealPlayer: Heap overflow vulnerability)

 RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap overflow when opening RealMedia files which make use of RealText.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RealMedia 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 available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/realplayer-10.0.5'

See Also

https://www.real.com/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18633

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-04.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/6/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:realplayer, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1766

GLSA: 200507-04