<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200603-24"> <title>RealPlayer: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title> <synopsis> RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">RealPlayer</product> <announced>2006-03-26</announced> <revised count="01">2006-03-26</revised> <bug>127352</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-video/realplayer" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">10.0.7</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">10.0.7</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats. </p> </background> <description> <p> RealPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing malicious SWF files. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> By enticing a user to open a specially crafted SWF 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 ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.7"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0323">CVE-2006-0323</uri> <uri link="http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/03162006_player/en/">RealNetworks Advisory</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-03-23T23:38:12Z"> vorlon078 </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-24T13:36:18Z"> formula7 </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-26T17:28:15Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>