TITLE:
Gentoo update for realplayer / helixplayer

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17116

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17116/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for realplayer / helixplayer. This fixes
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA16961
SA16954

SOLUTION:
RealPlayer users:
Update to "media-video/realplayer-10.0.6" or later.

Helix Player users:
Update to "media-video/helixplayer-1.0.6" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-07.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16961:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16961/

SA16954:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16954/

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