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GLSA-200804-21 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 32014
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-21 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash:
Secunia Research and Zero Day Initiative reported a boundary error related to DeclareFunction2 Actionscript tags in SWF files (CVE-2007-6019).
The ISS X-Force and the Zero Day Initiative reported an unspecified input validation error that might lead to a buffer overflow (CVE-2007-0071).
Microsoft, UBsecure and JPCERT/CC reported that cross-domain policy files are not checked before sending HTTP headers to another domain (CVE-2008-1654) and that it does not sufficiently restrict the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files (CVE-2007-6243).
The Stanford University and Ernst and Young's Advanced Security Center reported that Flash does not pin DNS hostnames to a single IP addresses, allowing for DNS rebinding attacks (CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2008-1655).
The Google Security Team and Minded Security Multiple reported multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities when passing input to Flash functions (CVE-2007-6637).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted file (usually in a web browser), possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the Adobe Flash Player. The attacker could also cause a user's machine to send HTTP requests to other hosts, establish TCP sessions with arbitrary hosts, bypass the security sandbox model, or conduct Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-plugins/adobe-flash-9.0.124.0'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 32014
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-21.nasl
Version: 1.33
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:adobe-flash
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2008
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-0071, CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2007-6019, CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2007-6637, CVE-2008-1654, CVE-2008-1655