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HelixPlayer security update

Description

**CentOS Errata and Security Advisory** CESA-2005:788 HelixPlayer is a media player. A format string bug was discovered in the way HelixPlayer processes RealPix (.rp) files. It is possible for a malformed RealPix file to execute arbitrary code as the user running HelixPlayer. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-2710 to this issue. All users of HelixPlayer are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains HelixPlayer version 10.0.6 and is not vulnerable to this issue. **Merged security bulletin from advisories:** https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-September/074369.html https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-September/074370.html **Affected packages:** HelixPlayer **Upstream details at:** https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:788


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
CentOS 4 helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1
CentOS 4 helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1
CentOS 4 helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1
CentOS 4 helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1

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