CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
99.7%
Debian Security Advisory DSA 826-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Stone
September 29th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
Package : helix-player
Vulnerability : multiple
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CAN-2005-1766 CAN-2005-2710
Debian Bug : 316276 330364
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.
Upgrade Instructions
wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
helix-player was distributed only on the i386 and powerpc architecures
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 908 6ff062a280bab4db79c04e08278e28d6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 7788 1e3280253e2d60701b28b153863b2fd0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 18044552 a277710be35426b317869503a4ad36d7
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4289094 b3d2934818a2139f309f77e4acd50e3d
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/helix-player/helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4415404 f771482fd671da4848d6a496df128f69
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: [email protected]
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 3.1 | powerpc | helix-player | < 1.0.4-1sarge1 | helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1_powerpc.deb |
Debian | 3.1 | i386 | helix-player | < 1.0.4-1sarge1 | helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1_i386.deb |
Debian | 3.1 | all | helix-player | < 1.0.4-1sarge1 | helix-player_1.0.4-1sarge1_all.deb |