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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55438
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:788
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:788.

HelixPlayer is a media player.

A format string bug was discovered in the way HelixPlayer processes RealPix
(.rp) files. It is possible for a malformed RealPix file to execute
arbitrary code as the user running HelixPlayer. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2710
to this issue.

All users of HelixPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains HelixPlayer version 10.0.6 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2710
Bugtraq: 20050926 RealPlayer && HelixPlayer Remote Format String Exploit (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785544325326&w=2
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#361181
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361181
Debian Security Information: DSA-826 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112775929608219&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-07.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=311&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.open-security.org/advisories/13
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11015
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16954
http://secunia.com/advisories/16961
http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
http://secunia.com/advisories/17116
http://secunia.com/advisories/17127
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/27
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/41
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:059 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_59_RealPlayer.html
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