NGSSoftware 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 installed 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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