Check Point Advisories

RealNetworks RealPlayer Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow (CVE-2007-5601)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-061
Date Published: 10 Nov 2007
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 24 December, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-5601
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description RealNetworks RealPlayer and RealOne Player are media player applications that are capable of playing back numerous multimedia file formats. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer application. The vulnerability is due to an error in a RealPlayer ActiveX control that fails to properly handle playlist names. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Control.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the RealNetworks RealPlayer Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  RealNetworks RealPlayer playlist handling buffer overflow

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