RHSA-2005:299

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2005-03-21 18:32 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:28
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: realplayer security update
Severity
Important
Notes
Topic: Updated realplayer packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details: The realplayer package contains RealPlayer, a media format player. A number of security issues have been discovered in RealPlayer 8 of which a subset are believed to affect the Linux version as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras. RealPlayer 8 is no longer supported by RealNetworks. Users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this erratum package which contains RealPlayer 10.
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Stack-based buffer overflow in the RT3 plugin, as used in RealPlayer 8, RealOne Player, RealOne Player 10 beta, and RealOne Player Enterprise, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .R3T file.

Vendor Fix 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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299

Buffer overflow in Real Networks RealPlayer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL with a large number of "." (period) characters.

Vendor Fix 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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HandleAction function in RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1040) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ShowPreferences argument.

Vendor Fix 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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the processing of tags in Real Metadata Package (RMP) files in RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1040) and earlier could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long tag.

Vendor Fix 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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CSmil1Parser::testAttributeFailed function in smlparse.cpp for RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1056 and earlier), 10, 8, and RealOne Player V2 and V1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .SMIL file with a large system-screen-size value.

Vendor Fix 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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299

Heap-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1056 and earlier), 10, 8, and RealOne Player V2 and V1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via .WAV files.

Vendor Fix 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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299 self
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classi… external
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=150341 external
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/a… self
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0387 self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617189 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0387 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0387 external
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0550 self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617227 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0550 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0550 external
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0189 self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617486 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0189 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0189 external
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0191 self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617487 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0191 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0191 external
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0455 self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617526 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0455 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0455 external
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0611 self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617552 external
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0611 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0611 external

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          "details": "Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released\nerrata relevant to your system have been applied.  Use Red Hat\nNetwork to download and update your packages.  To launch the Red Hat\nUpdate Agent, use the following command:\n\n    up2date\n\nFor information on how to install packages manually, refer to the\nfollowing Web page for the System Administration or Customization\nguide specific to your system:",
          "product_ids": [
            "Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras"
          ],
          "restart_required": {
            "category": "none"
          },
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:299"
        }
      ],
      "threats": [
        {
          "category": "impact",
          "details": "Moderate"
        }
      ],
      "title": "security flaw"
    }
  ]
}


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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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