RHN Errata Alert: Critical: RealPlayer security update

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Security Advisory - RHSA-2006:0257-9
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Summary:
Critical: RealPlayer security update

An updated RealPlayer package that fixes a buffer overflow bug is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description:
RealPlayer is a media player that provides media playback locally and via
streaming.

A buffer overflow bug was discovered in the way RealPlayer processes Flash
Media (.swf) files.  It is possible for a malformed Flash Media file to
execute arbitrary code as the user running RealPlayer.  The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2006-0323 to
this issue.

All users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains RealPlayer version 10.0.7 and is not vulnerable to this issue.
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Affected Systems List
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This Errata Advisory may apply to the systems listed below. If you know that
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There are 10 affected systems registered in 'Your RHN' (only systems for
which you have explicitly enabled Errata Alerts are shown).

Release   Arch       Profile Name
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4AS       athlon     unknown                                 


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