gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200708-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200708-01">
  <title>Macromedia Flash Player: Remote arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Macromedia Flash Player,
    allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">adobe-flash</product>
  <announced>2007-08-08</announced>
  <revised count="02">2009-05-28</revised>
  <bug>185141</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-plugins/adobe-flash" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">9.0.48.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">9.0.48.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The Macromedia Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF file type
    which is commonly used to provide interactive websites, digital
    experiences and mobile content.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Mark Hills discovered some errors when interacting with a browser for
    keystrokes handling (CVE-2007-2022). Stefano Di Paola and Giorgio Fedon
    from Minded Security discovered a boundary error when processing FLV
    files (CVE-2007-3456). An input validation error when processing HTTP
    referrers has also been reported (CVE-2007-3457).
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file,
    possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges
    of the user running the Macromedia Flash Player, or sensitive data
    access.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Macromedia Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-plugins/adobe-flash-9.0.48.0"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2022">CVE-2007-2022</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3456">CVE-2007-3456</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3457">CVE-2007-3457</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-07-15T10:35:19Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-07-24T09:40:21Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-07-24T09:40:28Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>