Check Point Advisories

RealNetworks RealPlayer Zipped Skin File Buffer Overflow (CVE-2005-2630)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-328
Date Published:	26 Jul 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 10 May, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-2630
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	There exists a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in RealNetworks RealPlayer Zipped Skin handling component. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient verification of size field values supplied in Zipped Skin files. An attack can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the victim to open a malicious Zipped Skin file, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged in user. In a successful attack, where an attacker is successful in injecting code into the vulnerable process. The behavior of the target is dependent on the intention of the injected code. If code execution is not successful, the vulnerable application may terminate as a result of the attack attempt. Any code executed by the attacker runs with the privileges of the currently logged in user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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

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

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: RealNetworks RealPlayer zipped skin file buffer overflow