RealPlayer users urged to patch
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One or both of the vulnerabilities affect some versions of RealPlayer on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Bill Brenner of SearchSecurity.com writes: “RealNetworks Inc. has urged users of its popular multimedia players to install patches that fix two security holes attackers could exploit to cause a buffer overflow and launch malicious code.
“RealNetworks Inc. has addressed recently discovered security vulnerabilities that offered the potential for an attacker to run arbitrary or malicious code on a customer’s machine,” the Seattle-based vendor said in an advisory. “RealNetworks has received no reports of machines compromised as a result of the now-remedied vulnerabilities.”
Danish security firm Secunia called the vulnerabilities “highly critical” in its advisory.”
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