Patch available for multiple high risk vulnerabilities in RealPlayer

From: NGSSoftware Insight Security Research (nisr_at_NEXTGENSS.COM)
Date: 10/06/04

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    Date:         Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:26:21 +0100
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    John Heasman of NGSSoftware has discovered multiple high risk
    vulnerabilities in RealPlayer. Versions affected include

    RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1040)
    RealPlayer 10.5 Beta (6.0.12.1016)
    RealPlayer 10
    RealOne Player v1, v2
    RealPlayer 8
    RealPlayer Enterprise

    The flaws, that include remotely exploitable buffer overflows and file
    access issues, have been fixed by Real. The patch can be downloaded from

    http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/040928_player/EN/

    This patch fixes NGSS BUGID 145, 146, 147 and 148 from the Vendor
    Notification Alerts - http://www.nextgenss.com/vna.htm

    NGSSoftware are going to withhold details about these flaws for three
    months. Full details will be published on the 6th of January 2005. This
    three month window will allow users of RealPlayer the time needed to apply
    the patch before the details are released to the general public. This
    reflects NGSSoftware's new approach to responsible disclosure.

    NGSSoftware Insight Security Research
    http://www.databasesecurity.com/
    http://www.nextgenss.com/
    +44(0)208 401 0070 

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