Realplayer 8 Vulnerability
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Realplayer 8 Vulnerability
from the bugtraq mailing list:
On January 17th, 2002, a security exploit affecting RealPlayer 8 was
brought to the attention of RealNetworks. The specific exploit, commonly
known as a "buffer overrun", could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code
on a victim's machine.
We have not yet received reports of anyone actually being attacked with
this exploit, however, a fix will be made available by end of day Friday
via the RealPlayer AutoUpdate Service, and for Enterprise RealPlayer users
at: http://www.service.real.com/help/faq/secur...rity/index.html.
RealNetworks would like to thank Tim Morgan for reporting this issue to us
and working with us to protect customers from unauthorized access to
sensitive or proprietary information.
On January 17th, 2002, a security exploit affecting RealPlayer 8 was
brought to the attention of RealNetworks. The specific exploit, commonly
known as a "buffer overrun", could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code
on a victim's machine.
We have not yet received reports of anyone actually being attacked with
this exploit, however, a fix will be made available by end of day Friday
via the RealPlayer AutoUpdate Service, and for Enterprise RealPlayer users
at: http://www.service.real.com/help/faq/secur...rity/index.html.
RealNetworks would like to thank Tim Morgan for reporting this issue to us
and working with us to protect customers from unauthorized access to
sensitive or proprietary information.
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Well, I don't have to worry since my computer can't play videos, and even if it could my internet connection is so bad I couldn't download one to watch. But seriously, is there any internet related program that doesn't have a buffer overrun vulnerability?
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