RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:15381

CVE-2005-2629 |

Info

RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15381
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2629
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 10 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:56PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Karl Lynn.
Vulnerable: Redhat Fedora Core3
RealNetworks RealPlayer For Unix 10.0.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise 1.6
RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise 1.5
RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise 1.2
RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise 1.1
RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10 for Linux
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1235
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1069
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1059
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1056
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1053
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1040
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.0
+ S.u.S.E. cvsup-16.1h-43.i586.rpm
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
RealNetworks RealPlayer 8.0 Win32
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 98 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
RealNetworks RealOne Player for OSX 9.0 .297
RealNetworks RealOne Player for OSX 9.0 .288
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .872
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .868
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .853
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .841
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .840
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .830
RealNetworks RealOne Player 6.0.11 .818
RealNetworks RealOne Player 2.0
RealNetworks RealOne Player 1.0
RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0.5
+ Gentoo Linux
RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0.4
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
+ Redhat Desktop 4.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
 + Redhat Fedora Core3
 RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0.3
+ Gentoo Linux
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0.2
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
 RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0.1
RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0
Not Vulnerable: RealNetworks RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS 10.0 .0.331
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 v6.0.12.1059

Discussion

RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

RealNetworks RealPlayer and RealOne Player are reported prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability. The applications fail to perform boundary checks when parsing RM (Real Media) files. A remote attacker may execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable computer to gain unauthorized access.

This vulnerability is reported to occur in RealNetworks products for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Apple Mac platforms.

Exploit / POC

RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:

The vendor has released an advisory and updates dealing with this issue.

Please see the referenced advisories for further information.


RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0

RealNetworks Helix Player for Linux 1.0.4

RealNetworks RealPlayer For Unix 10.0.3

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