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GLSA-200801-07 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 30031
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-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.
Solution
All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-plugins/adobe-flash-9.0.115.0' Please be advised that unaffected packages of the Adobe Flash Player have known problems when used from within the Konqueror and Opera browsers.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 30031
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200801-07.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 1/21/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: 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: 1/20/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007-4768, CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2007-6242, CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2007-6244, CVE-2007-6245, CVE-2007-6246