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(RHSA-2005:788) HelixPlayer security update

Description

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.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
RedHat any helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1
RedHat any helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1
RedHat any helixplayer 1.0.6-0.EL4.1

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