RedHat: Critical: RealPlayer security update
Summary
Summary
RealPlayer is a media player that provides 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 - RealPlayer buffer overflow
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
d7ee50d68f5a9350ac307c04ecbe7539 RealPlayer-10.0.4-0.rc1.1.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
https://www.real.com/ 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 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed