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RHSA-2005-299: realplayer

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the realplayer packages

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Updated realplayer packages that fix a number of security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

The realplayer package contains RealPlayer, a media format player.

A number of security issues have been discovered in RealPlayer 8 of which a
subset are believed to affect the Linux version as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 Extras. RealPlayer 8 is no longer supported by
RealNetworks.

Users of RealPlayer are advised to upgrade to this erratum package which
contains RealPlayer 10.

Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-299.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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