[Triumf-linux-managers] Re: RealPlayer security patch

Andrew Daviel advax@triumf.ca
Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:14:30 -0700 (PDT)


apologies for duplicates



 There is a security problem in RealPlayer for Linux where it
is vulnerable to a specially crafted realtext file, e.g. on a Web page or
in email.

IMO, the chances of a problem with this are pretty small - I could not
get the exploit to work on my machine. But it may be a good time to
upgrade anyway

http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050930_player/EN/

download from http://www.real.com/linux
# chmod +x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
# rm -rf /usr/local/RealPlayer
# ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
  use /usr/local/RealPlayer