RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability — GLSA 200504-21

RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Package 	media-video/realplayer on all architectures
Affected versions 	< 10.0.4
Unaffected versions 	>= 10.0.4
Package 	media-video/helixplayer on all architectures
Affected versions 	< 1.0.4
Unaffected versions 	>= 1.0.4

Background

RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats. Helix Player is the Open Source version of RealPlayer.

Description

Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files.

Impact

By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RAM file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4"

All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4"

References

    CAN-2005-0755
    RealNetworks Advisory