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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200504-21">
+ <title>RealPlayer, Helix Player: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ RealPlayer and Helix Player are vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could
+ lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">RealPlayer</product>
+ <announced>2005-04-22</announced>
+ <revised>2005-04-22: 01</revised>
+ <bug>89862</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-video/realplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">10.0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">10.0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="media-video/helixplayer" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple
+ multimedia file formats. Helix Player is the Open Source version of
+ RealPlayer.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Piotr Bania has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in
+ RealPlayer and Helix Player when processing malicious RAM files.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ 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.
+ </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 "&gt;=media-video/realplayer-10.0.4"</code>
+ <p>
+ All Helix Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/helixplayer-1.0.4"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0755">CAN-2005-0755</uri>
+ <uri link="http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050419_player/EN/">RealNetworks Advisory</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-04-21T08:25:50Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-04-21T21:28:38Z">
+ formula7
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-04-22T07:59:29Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>