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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55491
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-826-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'helix-player' package(s) announced via the DSA-826-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'helix-player' package(s) announced via the DSA-826-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in the helix-player media player that could allow an attacker to execute code on the victim's machine via specially crafted network resources.

CAN-2005-1766

Buffer overflow in the RealText parser could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted RealMedia file with a long RealText string.

CAN-2005-2710

Format string vulnerability in Real HelixPlayer and RealPlayer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the image handle attribute in a RealPix (.rp) or RealText (.rt) file.

For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.4-1sarge1

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.6-1

We recommend that you upgrade your helix-player package.

helix-player was distributed only on the i386 and powerpc architectures

Affected Software/OS:
'helix-player' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1766
16981
http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
20050623 RealNetworks RealPlayer RealText Parsing Heap Overflow Vulnerability
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=250&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
DSA-826
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
RHSA-2005:517
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html
RHSA-2005:523
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-523.html
SUSE-SA:2005:037
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_37_real_player.html
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9509
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9509
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://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/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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