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

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!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>