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FreeBSD Ports: linux-realplayer

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

7 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The following package is affected: linux-realplayer CVE-2005-2922 Heap-based buffer overflow in the embedded player in multiple RealNetworks products and versions including RealPlayer 10.x, RealOne Player, and Helix Player allows remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunked Transfer-Encoding HTTP response in which either (1) the chunk header length is specified as -1, (2) the chunk header with a length that is less than the actual amount of sent data, or (3) a missing chunk header.

Solution

Solution

Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/03162006_player/en/ http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=404 http://secunia.com/advisories/19358/ http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/fe4c84fc-bdb5-11da-b7d4-00123ffe8333.html

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