Bug 155387

Summary:	HelixPlayer buffer overflow
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	HelixPlayer	Assignee:	John (J5) Palmieri <johnp>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	hp, jkeck, security-response-team, walters
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=critical,public=20050419,reported=real,reported=20050419
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Last Closed:	2005-04-26 21:02:11 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	136450

Description Josh Bressers 2005-04-19 20:59:03 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #155386 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #153931 +++

We have been informed of a buffer overflow issue in the version of HelixPlayer
we ship.  A malicious RAM file can overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code
on a victims machine.

Comment 1 Ray Strode [halfline] 2005-04-25 19:43:04 UTC

John says that this needs to be fixed so that it will compile with nptl
threads/gcc4.

Comment 2 John (J5) Palmieri 2005-04-26 21:02:11 UTC

The fix is in, I tested it and it is built in Rawhide