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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200510-07">
  <title>RealPlayer, Helix Player: Format string vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a format string vulnerability
    resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">realplayer helixplayer</product>
  <announced>October 07, 2005</announced>
  <revised>November 22, 2005: 02</revised>
  <bug>107309</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/realplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">10.0.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">10.0.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="media-video/helixplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
    multimedia file formats. Helix Player is an open source media player
    for Linux.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    "c0ntex" reported that RealPlayer and Helix Player suffer from a heap
    overflow.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/realplayer-10.0.6&quot;</code>
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2710">CAN-2005-2710</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:35:35 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:39:34 +0000">
    adir
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:20:23 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>