Secunia Security Advisory - Evgeny Legerov has reported a vulnerability in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
RealPlayer Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28276
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28276/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
RealPlayer 11.x
http://secunia.com/product/16937/
DESCRIPTION:
Evgeny Legerov has reported a vulnerability in RealPlayer, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further information is
available.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 11 build 6.0.14.748. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted media files or browse untrusted websites.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Evgeny Legerov, GLEG Ltd.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2008-January/004811.html
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