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GLSA-200908-04 : Adobe products: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 40520
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-200908-04 (Adobe products: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Flash Player:
lakehu of Tencent Security Center reported an unspecified memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2009-1862).
Mike Wroe reported an unspecified vulnerability, related to 'privilege escalation' (CVE-2009-1863).
An anonymous researcher through iDefense reported an unspecified heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-1864).
Chen Chen of Venustech reported an unspecified 'NULL pointer vulnerability' (CVE-2009-1865).
Chen Chen of Venustech reported an unspecified stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-1866).
Joran Benker reported that Adobe Flash Player facilitates 'clickjacking' attacks (CVE-2009-1867).
Jun Mao of iDefense reported a heap-based buffer overflow, related to URL parsing (CVE-2009-1868).
Roee Hay of IBM Rational Application Security reported an unspecified integer overflow (CVE-2009-1869).
Gareth Heyes and Microsoft Vulnerability Research reported that the sandbox in Adobe Flash Player allows for information disclosure, when 'SWFs are saved to the hard drive' (CVE-2009-1870).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF file or website containing Adobe Flash (SWF) contents, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service (application crash). Furthermore, a remote attacker could trick a user into clicking a button on a dialog by supplying a specially crafted SWF file and disclose sensitive information by exploiting a sandbox issue.
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-10.0.32.18' All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/acroread-9.1.3'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40520
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200908-04.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/10/2009
Updated: 6/8/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:acroread, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:adobe-flash, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
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: 8/7/2009
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1862, CVE-2009-1863, CVE-2009-1864, CVE-2009-1865, CVE-2009-1866, CVE-2009-1867, CVE-2009-1868, CVE-2009-1869, CVE-2009-1870