Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/03162006_player/en/ http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=404 http://secunia.com/advisories/19358/
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/fe4c84fc-bdb5-11da-b7d4-00123ffe8333.html
Insight
The following package is affected: linux-realplayer
CVE-2005-2922
Heap-based buffer overflow in the embedded player in multiple RealNetworks products and versions including RealPlayer 10.x, RealOne Player, and Helix Player allows remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunked Transfer-Encoding HTTP response in which either (1) the chunk header length is specified as -1, (2) the chunk header with a length that is less than the actual amount of sent data, or (3) a missing chunk header.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2005-2922 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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