Adobe Flash Player 9.x up to 9.0.48.0, 8.x up to 8.0.35.0, and 7.x up to 7.0.70.0 does not sufficiently restrict the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-domain and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras.

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

[Updated 18th November 2008] This erratum has been updated to include a reference to the additional CVE-named issue that was not public at the time of release. The security impact of the erratum has also been upgraded to Critical. No changes have been made to the packages.

The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in.

A flaw was found in the way Adobe Flash Player wrote content to the clipboard. A malicious SWF (Shockwave Flash) file could populate the clipboard with a URL that could cause the user to accidentally or mistakenly load an attacker-controlled URL. (CVE-2008-3873)

A flaw was found with Adobe's ActionScript scripting language which allowed Flash scripts to initiate file uploads and downloads without user interaction. ActionScript's FileReference.browse and FileReference.download method calls can now only be initiated via user interaction, such as through mouse-clicks or key-presses on the keyboard. (CVE-2008-4401)

A flaw was found in Adobe Flash Player's display of Settings Manager content. A malicious SWF file could trick the user into unintentionally or mistakenly clicking a link or a dialog which could then give the malicious SWF file permission to access the local machine's camera or microphone. (CVE-2008-4503)

Flaws were found in the way Flash Player restricted the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files. A remote attacker could use Flash Player to conduct cross-domain and cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007-6243). This update provides enhanced fixes for these issues.

Flash Player contains a flaw in the way it interprets HTTP response headers. An attacker could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site scripting attack against the user running Flash Player.
(CVE-2008-4818)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player handles the ActionScript attribute. A malicious site could use this flaw to inject arbitrary HTML content, confusing the user running the browser. (CVE-2008-4823)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player interprets policy files. It was possible to bypass a non-root domain policy, possibly allowing a malicious site to access data in a different domain. (CVE-2008-4822)

A flaw was found in how Flash Player's jar: protocol handler interacts with Mozilla. A malicious flash application could use this flaw to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2008-4821)

Updated Flash Player also extends mechanisms to help prevent an attacker from executing a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2008-4819)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Flash Player version 9.0.151.0.

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

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

[Updated 18th November 2008] The erratum has been updated to include references to the additional CVE-named issues that were not public at the time of release. The security impact of the erratum has also been upgraded to Critical. No changes have been made to the packages.

The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in.

A flaw was found in the way Adobe Flash Player wrote content to the clipboard. A malicious SWF file could populate the clipboard with a URL that could cause the user to mistakenly load an attacker-controlled URL. (CVE-2008-3873)

A flaw was found which allowed Adobe Flash Player's ActionScript to initiate file uploads and downloads without user interaction.
FileReference.browse and FileReference.download calls can now only be initiated via user interaction, such as mouse-clicks or key-presses on the keyboard. (CVE-2008-4401)

A flaw was found in Adobe Flash Player's display of the Settings Manager content. A malicious SWF file could trick the user into unknowingly clicking a link or dialog. This could then give the malicious SWF file permission to access the local machine's camera or microphone. (CVE-2008-4503)

Flaws were found in the way Flash Player restricted the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files. A remote attacker could use Flash Player to conduct cross-domain and cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007-6243). This update provides enhanced fixes for these issues.

Adobe Flash Player 10 also includes bug fixes and feature enhancements including :

* improved stability on the Linux platform by fixing a race condition issue in sound output.

* new support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, advanced audio processing, a new, more flexible text engine, and GPU hardware acceleration.

For more information on new features and enhancements, see the Adobe Flash Player site and the Adobe Labs Release Notes.

Note: some users may have installed a 3rd-party component, libflashsupport, for older versions of Flash Player. Adobe Flash Player 10 no longer supports libflashsupport. Users are advised to remove libflashsupport if they have it installed.

All users of Adobe Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Flash Player version 10.0.12.36.

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

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

The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in.

Several input validation flaws were found in the way Flash Player displayed certain content. These may have made it possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine, if the victim opened a malicious Adobe Flash file. (CVE-2007-0071, CVE-2007-6019)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player established TCP sessions to remote hosts. A remote attacker could, consequently, use Flash Player to conduct a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2008-1655)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player restricted the interpretation and usage of cross-domain policy files. A remote attacker could use Flash Player to conduct cross-domain and cross-site scripting attacks.
(CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2008-1654)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player interacted with web browsers.
An attacker could use malicious content presented by Flash Player to conduct a cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2007-6637)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Flash Player version 9.0.124.0 and resolves these issues.

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, and 5 Supplementary.

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

The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in.

Several input validation flaws were found in the way Flash Player displays certain content. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine, if the victim opens a malicious Adobe Flash file. (CVE-2007-4768, CVE-2007-6242, CVE-2007-6246)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player handled the asfunction:
protocol. Malformed SWF files could perform a cross-site scripting attack. (CVE-2007-6244)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player modified HTTP request headers. Malicious content could allow Flash Player to conduct a HTTP response splitting attack. (CVE-2007-6245)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player processes certain SWF content. A malicious SWF file could allow a remote attacker to conduct a port scanning attack from the client's machine. (CVE-2007-4324)

A flaw was found in the way Flash Player establishes TCP sessions. A remote attacker could use Flash Player to conduct a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2007-5275)

Users of Adobe Flash Player are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains version 9.0.115.0 and resolves these issues.

This update of flash-player fixes several critical security vulnerabilities. (CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2008-3873, CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2008-4401, CVE-2008-4503, CVE-2008-4546)

According to its version number, an instance of Adobe AIR on the remote Windows host is 1.5 or earlier.  Such versions are potentially affected by several vulnerabilities : 

  - A potential port-scanning issue. (CVE-2007-4324)

  - Possible privilege escalation attacks against web servers hosting Flash content and cross-domain policy files.  (CVE-2007-6243)

  - Potential Clipboard attacks. (CVE-2008-3873)

  - FileReference upload and download APIs that don't require user interaction. (CVE-2008-4401)

  - A potential cross-site scripting vulnerability. (CVE-2008-4818)

  - A potential issue that could be leveraged to conduct a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2008-4819)

  - An information disclosure issue affecting only the ActiveX control. (CVE-2008-4820)

  - An information disclosure issue involving interpretation of the 'jar: ' protocol and affecting only the plugin for Mozilla browsers. (CVE-2008-4821)

  - An issue with policy file interpretation could potentially lead to bypass of a non-root domain policy. (CVE-2008-4822)

  - A potential HTML injection issue involving an ActionScript attribute. (CVE-2008-4823)

  - Multiple input validation errors could potentially lead to execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-4824)

  - An Adobe AIR application that loads data from an untrusted source could allow an attacker to execute untrusted JavaScript with elevated privileges. (CVE-2008-5108)

According to its version number, an instance of Adobe AIR on the remote Windows host is 1.1 or earlier.  Such versions are potentially affected by several vulnerabilities (APSB08-23 / APSB08-22 / APSB08-20 / APSB08-18):

  - A potential port-scanning issue. (CVE-2007-4324)

  - Possible privilege escalation attacks against web     servers hosting Flash content and cross-domain policy     files.  (CVE-2007-6243)

  - Potential Clipboard attacks. (CVE-2008-3873)

  - FileReference upload and download APIs that don't     require user interaction. (CVE-2008-4401)

  - A potential cross-site scripting vulnerability.     (CVE-2008-4818)

  - A potential issue that could be leveraged to conduct     a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2008-4819)

  - An information disclosure issue affecting only the     ActiveX control. (CVE-2008-4820)

  - An information disclosure issue involving interpretation     of the 'jar:' protocol and affecting only the plugin for     Mozilla browsers. (CVE-2008-4821)

  - An issue with policy file interpretation could     potentially lead to bypass of a non-root domain policy.     (CVE-2008-4822)

  - A potential HTML injection issue involving an     ActionScript attribute. (CVE-2008-4823)

  - Multiple input validation errors could potentially lead     to execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-4824)

  - An Adobe AIR application that loads data from an     untrusted source could allow an attacker to execute     untrusted JavaScript with elevated privileges.     (CVE-2008-5108)

According to its version number, an instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host is 9.0.124.0 or earlier.  Such versions are potentially affected by several vulnerabilities : 

  - A potential port-scanning issue. (CVE-2007-4324)
  - Possible privilege escalation attacks against web servers hosting Flash content and cross-domain policy files. (CVE-2007-6243)
  - Potential Clipboard attacks. (CVE-2008-3873)
  - FileReference upload and download APIs that don't require user interaction. (CVE-2008-4401)
  - A 'Clickjacking' issue that could be abused by an attacker to lure a web browser user into unknowingly clicking on a link or dialog. (CVE-2008-4503)
  - A potential cross-site scripting vulnerability. (CVE-2008-4818)
  - A potential issue that could be leveraged to conduct a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2008-4819)
  - An information disclosure issue affecting only the ActiveX control. (CVE-2008-4820)
  - An information disclosure issue involving interpretation of the 'jar: ' protocol and affecting only the plugin for Mozilla browsers. (CVE-2008-4821)
  - An issue with policy file interpretation could potentially lead to bypass of a non-root domain policy. (CVE-2008-4822)
  - A potential HTML injection issue involving an ActionScript attribute. (CVE-2008-4823)

This update of flash-player fixes several critical security vulnerabilities. (CVE-2007-6243 / CVE-2008-3873 / CVE-2007-4324 / CVE-2008-4401 / CVE-2008-4503 / CVE-2008-4546)

According to its version number, an instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host is 9.0.124.0 or earlier.  Such versions are potentially affected by several vulnerabilities :

  - A potential port-scanning issue. (CVE-2007-4324)

  - Possible privilege escalation attacks against web     servers hosting Flash content and cross-domain policy     files.  (CVE-2007-6243)

  - Potential Clipboard attacks. (CVE-2008-3873)

  - FileReference upload and download APIs that don't     require user interaction. (CVE-2008-4401)

  - A 'Clickjacking' issue that could be abused by an     attacker to lure a web browser user into unknowingly     clicking on a link or dialog. (CVE-2008-4503)

  - A potential cross-site scripting vulnerability.     (CVE-2008-4818)

  - A potential issue that could be leveraged in to conduct     a DNS rebinding attack. (CVE-2008-4819)

  - An information disclosure issue affecting only the     ActiveX control. (CVE-2008-4820)

  - An information disclosure issue involving interpretation     of the 'jar:' protocol and affecting only the plugin for     Mozilla browsers. (CVE-2008-4821)

  - An issue with policy file interpretation could     potentially lead to bypass of a non-root domain policy.     (CVE-2008-4822)

  - A potential HTML injection issue involving an     ActionScript attribute. (CVE-2008-4823)

  - Multiple input validation errors could potentially lead     to execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-4824)

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team reports :

Potential vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to bypass Flash Player security controls. Adobe recommends users update to the most current version of Flash Player available for their platform.

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.

This flash player update to version 9.0.124.0 fixes several security problems. In the worst case an attacker could potentially have flash-player execute arbitrary code via specially crafted files.
(CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2007-6637, CVE-2007-6019, CVE-2007-0071, CVE-2008-1655, CVE-2008-1654)

This flash player update to version 9.0.124.0 fixes several security problems. In the worst case an attacker could potentially have flash-player execute arbitrary code via specially crafted files.
(CVE-2007-5275 / CVE-2007-6243 / CVE-2007-6637 / CVE-2007-6019 / CVE-2007-0071 / CVE-2008-1655 / CVE-2008-1654)

According to its version number, the instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple issues, including several that could allow for arbitrary code execution.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-07 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Flash contains a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to a heap-based     buffer overflow (GLSA 200711-30, CVE-2007-4768).
    Aaron Portnoy reported an unspecified vulnerability related to     input validation (CVE-2007-6242).
    Jesse Michael and Thomas Biege reported that Flash does not     correctly set memory permissions (CVE-2007-6246).
    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).
    David Neu reported an error withing the implementation of the     Socket and XMLSocket ActionScript 3 classes (CVE-2007-4324).
    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).
    Rich Cannings reported a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the     way the 'asfunction:' protocol was handled (CVE-2007-6244).
    Toshiharu Sugiyama discovered that Flash allows remote attackers to     modify HTTP headers for client requests and conduct HTTP Request     Splitting attacks (CVE-2007-6245).
  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 establish TCP     sessions with arbitrary hosts, bypass the Security Sandbox Model,     obtain sensitive information, port scan arbitrary hosts, or conduct     cross-site-scripting attacks.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Adobe Security bulletin :

Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential 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 potential vulnerabilities. Users are recommended to update to the most current version of Flash Player available for their platform.

This flash player update to version 9.0.115.0 fixes several security problems. In the worst case an attacker could potentially have flash-player execute arbitrary code via specially crafted files.
(CVE-2007-4324 / CVE-2007-4768 / CVE-2007-5275 / CVE-2007-6242 / CVE-2007-6243 / CVE-2007-6244 / CVE-2007-6245 / CVE-2007-6246)

Note: Since Adobe doesn't support browsers other than Firefox and Mozilla, this update doesn't work with browsers such as Konqueror.
Updates for konquerors are already in the works.

This flash player update to version 9.0.115.0 fixes several security problems. In the worst case an attacker could potentially have flash-player execute arbitrary code via specially crafted files.
(CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007-4768, CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2007-6242, CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2007-6244, CVE-2007-6245, CVE-2007-6246)

Note: Since Adobe doesn't support browsers other than Firefox and Mozilla, this update doesn't work with browsers such as Konqueror.
Updates for konquerors are already in the works.

 According to its version number, the instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple issues, including several that could allow for arbitrary code execution by means of a malicious SWF file.

According to its version number, the instance of Flash Player on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple issues, including several which could allow for arbitrary code execution by means of a malicious SWF file.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
63870	RHEL 3 / 4 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2008:0980)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
63869	RHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2008:0945)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
40719	RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2008:0221)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
40711	RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2007:1126)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
39960	openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-294)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
4760	Adobe AIR APSB08-23 / APSB08-22 / APSB08-20 / APSB08-18 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high
34815	Adobe AIR < 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB08-23)	Nessus	Windows	high
4746	Flash Player APSB08-18 / APSB08-20 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
34754	SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 5757)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
34753	openSUSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-5747)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
34741	Flash Player < 9.0.151.0 / 10.0.12.36 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB08-18 / APSB08-20 / APSB08-22)	Nessus	Windows	high
34446	FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- multiple vulnerabilities (78f456fd-9c87-11dd-a55e-00163e000016)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
32014	GLSA-200804-21 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
31965	openSUSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-5161)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
31964	SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 5159)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
4461	Flash Player < 9.0.124.0 APSB08-11 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
31799	Flash Player < 8.0.42.0 / 9.0.124.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB08-11)	Nessus	Windows	high
30031	GLSA-200801-07 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
29849	FreeBSD : linux-flashplugin -- multiple vulnerabilities (562cf6c4-b9f1-11dc-a302-000102cc8983)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
29785	SuSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (ZYPP Patch Number 4856)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
29784	openSUSE 10 Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-4855)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
4322	Flash Player < 9.0.115.0 / 7.0.73.0 APSB07-20 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high
29741	Flash Player < 7.0.73.0 / 9.0.115.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB07-20)	Nessus	Windows	high

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