gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200511-21.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200511-21">
  <title>Macromedia Flash Player: Remote arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability has been identified that allows arbitrary code execution on
    a user's system via the handling of malicious SWF files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Flash</product>
  <announced>2005-11-25</announced>
  <revised count="02">2009-05-28</revised>
  <bug>112251</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-plugins/adobe-flash" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">7.0.61</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">7.0.61</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The Macromedia Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF
    filetype which is commonly used to provide interactive websites,
    digital experiences and mobile content.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    When handling a SWF file, the Macromedia Flash Player incorrectly
    validates the frame type identifier stored in the SWF file which is
    used as an index to reference an array of function pointers. A
    specially crafted SWF file can cause this index to reference memory
    outside of the scope of the Macromedia Flash Player, which in turn can
    cause the Macromedia Flash Player to use unintended memory address(es)
    as function pointers.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker serving a maliciously crafted SWF file could entice a
    user to view the SWF file and execute arbitrary code on the user's
    machine.
    </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-7.0.61"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2628">CVE-2005-2628</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-07.html">Macromedia Announcement</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-11-18T12:28:16Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-11-18T22:27:02Z">
    shellsage
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-11-25T08:20:52Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>