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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fe527cd9ed12 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200801-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200801-07"> + <title>Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified, the worst of which allow + arbitrary code execution on a user's system via a malicious Flash file. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">adobe-flash</product> + <announced>2008-01-20</announced> + <revised count="03">2009-05-28</revised> + <bug>193519</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-plugins/adobe-flash" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">9.0.115.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">9.0.115.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF file format, + which is commonly used to provide interactive websites, digital + experiences and mobile content. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <ul> + <li>Flash contains a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to a heap-based + buffer overflow (GLSA 200711-30, CVE-2007-4768).</li> + <li>Aaron Portnoy reported an unspecified vulnerability related to + input validation (CVE-2007-6242).</li> + <li>Jesse Michael and Thomas Biege reported that Flash does not + correctly set memory permissions (CVE-2007-6246).</li> + <li>Dan Boneh, Adam Barth, Andrew Bortz, Collin Jackson, and Weidong + Shao reported that Flash does not pin DNS hostnames to a single IP + addresses, allowing for DNS rebinding attacks (CVE-2007-5275).</li> + <li>David Neu reported an error withing the implementation of the + Socket and XMLSocket ActionScript 3 classes (CVE-2007-4324).</li> + <li>Toshiharu Sugiyama reported that Flash does not sufficiently + restrict the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files, + allowing for easier cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2007-6243).</li> + <li>Rich Cannings reported a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the + way the "asfunction:" protocol was handled (CVE-2007-6244).</li> + <li>Toshiharu Sugiyama discovered that Flash allows remote attackers to + modify HTTP headers for client requests and conduct HTTP Request + Splitting attacks (CVE-2007-6245).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + 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 establish TCP + sessions with arbitrary hosts, bypass the Security Sandbox Model, + obtain sensitive information, port scan arbitrary hosts, or conduct + cross-site-scripting attacks. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-9.0.115.0"</code> + <p> + Please be advised that unaffected packages of the Adobe Flash Player + have known problems when used from within the Konqueror and Opera + browsers. + </p> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4324">CVE-2007-4324</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4768">CVE-2007-4768</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5275">CVE-2007-5275</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6242">CVE-2007-6242</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6243">CVE-2007-6243</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6244">CVE-2007-6244</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6245">CVE-2007-6245</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6246">CVE-2007-6246</uri> + <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml">GLSA 200711-30</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-01-01T22:05:12Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-01-15T17:34:55Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-01-15T17:41:04Z"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |