RedHat: Critical: RealPlayer security update RHSA-2005:394-01
Summary
Summary
RealPlayer is a media player providing solid media playback locally and via streaming. It plays RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3, 3GPP Video, Flash, SMIL 2.0, JPEG, GIF, PNG, RealPix and RealText and more. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way RealPlayer processes RAM files. An attacker could create a specially crafted RAM file which could execute arbitrary code when opened by a user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0755 to this issue. All users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains RealPlayer version 10.0.4 and is not vulnerable to this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
153931 - CAN-2005-0755 RealPlayer buffer overflow
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:
i386:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras:
i386:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras:
i386:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras:
i386:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
8b36c39561217b5c0298c2cfd3393f76 realplayer-10.0.4-1.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0755
Package List
Topic
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed