REAL One Player R3T File Format Stack Overflow
April 7th, 2004NGSSoftware Insight Security Research Advisory
Name: REAL One Player R3T File Format Stack Overflow
Systems Affected: RealPlayer 8, RealOne Player, RealOne Player v2 for Windows only (all languages), RealPlayer
10 Beta (English only) and ReaPlayer Enterprise (all versions, standalone and as configured by the RealPlayer
Enterprise Manager).
Severity: High (If RT3 Plugin Present Within REAL Player)
Vendor URL: http://www.real.com
Author: Mark Litchfield [ mark@ngssoftware.com ]
Date Vendor Notified: 4th February 2004
Date of Public Advisory: 7th April 2004
Advisory number: #NISR17042004
Advisory URL: http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/realr3t.txt
Description
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RealOne / RealPlayer is one of the most widely used products for internet media delivery. There are currently
in excess of 200 million users worlwide of these products.
Details
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By crafting malformed .R3T file it is possible to cause a stack based overruns in RealPlayer / RealOne Player.
By forcing a browser to a website containing such a file, code could be exectued on the target machine running
in the context of the logged on user, alternatively the end user would be required to open the .R3T file as a
mail attachment.
Fix Information
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For the various fix options available for different types of REAL products, NGS suggest visiting
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/040406_r3t/en/ for detailed information
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