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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="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>March 26, 2006</announced>
  <revised>March 26, 2006: 01</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 &quot;&gt;=media-video/realplayer-10.0.7&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://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="Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:38:12 +0000">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:36:18 +0000">
    formula7
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:28:15 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>