BleepingComputer.com: More RealPlayer flaws leave PCs open to attack

<img src='/images/misc/eye.jpg' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>Security researchers have warned of two RealPlayer flaws they say could allow malicious code to automatically execute on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems. RealNetworks has issued patches for the affected software. <br /> <br /> </b><br /><br />By Matthew Broersma, Techworld<br /> 02 March 2005<br /> <br /> The bugs, found in the way RealPlayer handles WAV and SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) files, can be exploited by embedding specially-crafted files in a Web site, according to iDefense, which first notified RealNetworks of the SMIL problem in January. An attack could be carried out by convincing a user to open a malicious SMIL file, or by causing the file to automatically load in RealPlayer from a Web page. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/public/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'>&nbsp;<b>Link: <a href='http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3244' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Complete Techworld Article</font></a><br /><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'>&nbsp;<b>Link: <a href='http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050224_player/EN/' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Updates on RealNetworks</font></a><br />

Thanks, just updated.
John