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RealPlayer Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27248
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Release Date:
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2007-10-22
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Last Update:
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2007-10-23
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Popularity:
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13,657 views
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Critical:
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Extremely critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | RealOne Player 1.x
RealOne Player 2.x
RealPlayer 10.x
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Binary Analysis:
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BA257 :: Available for Credits 
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5601
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Description:
A vulnerability has been discovered in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a signedness error in MPAMedia.dll when handling playlist names. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. importing a file into a specified playlist with an overly long name via the "Import()" method of the IERPCtl ActiveX control (ierpplug.dll).
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.
Solution:
Apply patch for RealPlayer 10.5 and 11 beta:
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/191007_player/en/securitydb.rnx
The vendor recommends users of RealPlayer 10 and RealOne v1 and v2 to upgrade to version 10.5 and apply the patch.
NOTE: According to the vendor, RealPlayer 8 and prior versions for Windows are not affected. Versions for Macintosh and Linux are also not affected.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported as a 0-day.
Changelog:
2007-10-23: Added additional link in "Original Advisory" section.
Original Advisory:
RealNetworks:
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/191007_player/en/
http://docs.real.com/docs/security/SecurityUpdate101907Player.pdf
Other References:
US-CERT VU#871673:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/871673
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