Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player 8.0.22.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file.

An updated Macromedia Flash Player package that fixes a security issue is now available.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla-compatible Macromedia Flash Player browser plug-in.

Security issues were discovered in the Macromedia Flash Player. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the victim opens a malicious Macromedia Flash file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2006-0024 to this issue.

Users of Macromedia Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which contains version 7.0.64 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.4 that does not have Security Update 2007-009 applied. 

This update contains several security fixes for a large number of programs.

Adobe reports :

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Flash Player that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious SWF must be loaded in Flash Player by the user for an attacker to exploit these vulnerabilities.

Flash Player 8 update (8.0.24.0), and Flash Player 7 update (7.0.63.0) address security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Flash Player, which could lead to the potential execution of arbitrary code. These vulnerabilities could be accessed through content delivered from a remote location via the users web browser, email client, or other applications that include or reference the Flash Player.

The remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks Security Update 2006-003. This security update contains fixes for the following applications :
AppKit
ImageIO
BOM
CFNetwork
ClamAV (Mac OS X Server only)
CoreFoundation
CoreGraphics
Finder
FTPServer
Flash Player
KeyChain
LaunchServices
libcurl
Mail
MySQL Manager (Mac OS X Server only)
Preview
QuickDraw
QuickTime Streaming Server
Ruby
Safari

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Quicktime prior to 7.1.  The remote version of Quicktime is vulnerable to various integer and buffer overflows involving specially-crafted image and media files.  An attacker may be able to leverage these issues to execute arbitrary code on the remote host by sending a malformed file to a victim and having it opened using QuickTime player.

The remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks Security Update 2006-003.

This security update contains fixes for the following applications :

AppKit ImageIO BOM CFNetwork ClamAV (Mac OS X Server only) CoreFoundation CoreGraphics Finder FTPServer Flash Player KeyCHain LaunchServices libcurl Mail MySQL Manager (Mac OS X Server only) Preview QuickDraw QuickTime Streaming Server Ruby Safari

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200603-20 (Macromedia Flash Player: Arbitrary code execution)

    The Macromedia Flash Player contains multiple unspecified     vulnerabilities.
  Impact :

    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.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

According to its version number, the instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host contains multiple critical and as-yet unspecified vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take control of the affected host.  To exploit these issues, a user must load a malicious SWF file in Flash Player.

The remote host is using a version of curl (or libcurl) that is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflows. To exploit, an attacker would have to set up a rogue web server and entice a curl user into browsing to the malicious server.  Upon successful exploitation, the attacker would be able to execute arbitrary commands with the rights of the web server.

The remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks Security Update 2005-009. This security update contains fixes for the following applications :
- Apache2
- Apache_mod_ssl
- CoreFoundation
- curl
- iodbcadmintool
- OpenSSL
- passwordserver
- Safari
- sudo
- syslog 

The remote host is using a version of curl (or libcurl) that is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflows. To exploit, an attacker would have to set up a rogue web server that would reply with a malicious NTLM authentication request.  Upon successful exploitation, the attacker would be able to execute arbitrary commands with the rights of the web server.

The remote host is using a version of wget that contains a flaw in the way that it handles NTLM authentication data.  Specifically, a rogue website that returns malformed data during an NTLM authentication session will be able to execute arbitrary code on the local client machine. 

The remote host is running ClamAV, an antivirus application. There are a number of flaws that affect this version of ClamAV, and the vendor recommends upgrading to version 0.88.1 or higher. 

The remote host is using a version of wget that contains a flaw in the way that it handles NTLM authentication data.  Specifically, a rogue website that returns malformed data during an NTLM authentication session will be able to execute arbitrary code on the local client machine.

The remote host is running Apple Mac OS X, but lacks Security Update 2005-009. This security update contains fixes for the following applications :
- Apache2
- Apache_mod_ssl
- CoreFoundation
- curl
- iodbcadmintool
- OpenSSL
- passwordserver
- Safari
- sudo
- syslog

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
63832	RHEL 3 / 4 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2006:0268)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
29723	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-009)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
21459	FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- arbitrary code execution vulnerability (83421018-b3ef-11da-a32d-000c6ec775d9)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
3617	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)	Nessus Network Monitor	Operating System Detection	medium
3616	Quicktime < 7.1 on Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high
21341	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-003)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
21127	GLSA-200603-20 : Macromedia Flash Player: Arbitrary code execution	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
21079	Flash Player swf Processing Multiple Unspecified Code Execution (APSB06-03)	Nessus	Windows	medium
3318	Curl < 7.15.1 Multiple Remote Overflows	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	critical
3308	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-009)	Nessus Network Monitor	Operating System Detection	high
3256	Curl NTLM Buffer Overflow	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
3255	GNU WGet < 1.10.2 Buffer Overflow	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
3505	ClamAV < 0.88.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
801390	Curl NTLM Buffer Overflow	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
801386	Curl <= 7.15.0 Multiple Remote Overflows	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
801197	Quicktime < 7.1 on Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
800982	GNU WGet < 1.10.2 Buffer Overflow	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
800798	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-009)	Log Correlation Engine	Operating System Detection	high

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