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<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>2006-03-26</announced>
  <revised count="01">2006-03-26</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 "&gt;=media-video/realplayer-10.0.7"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://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="2006-03-23T23:38:12Z">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-24T13:36:18Z">
    formula7
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-26T17:28:15Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>
