RHEL 4 : HelixPlayer (RHSA-2005:271)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 17269

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for HelixPlayer.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:271 advisory.

- security flaw (CVE-2005-0455, CVE-2005-0611)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL HelixPlayer package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:271.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 17269

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-271.nasl

Version: 1.30

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/4/2005

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0455

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:helixplayer, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Exploitable With

Metasploit (RealNetworks RealPlayer SMIL Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0455, CVE-2005-0611

RHSA: 2005:271

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