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GLSA-200903-23 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 35904
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-200903-23 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player:
The access scope of SystemsetClipboard() allows ActionScript programs to execute the method without user interaction (CVE-2008-3873).
The access scope of FileReference.browse() and FileReference.download() allows ActionScript programs to execute the methods without user interaction (CVE-2008-4401).
The Settings Manager controls can be disguised as normal graphical elements. This so-called 'clickjacking' vulnerability was disclosed by Robert Hansen of SecTheory, Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security, Eduardo Vela, Matthew Mastracci of DotSpots, and Liu Die Yu of TopsecTianRongXin (CVE-2008-4503).
Adan Barth (UC Berkely) and Collin Jackson (Stanford University) discovered a flaw occurring when interpreting HTTP response headers (CVE-2008-4818).
Nathan McFeters and Rob Carter of Ernst and Young's Advanced Security Center are credited for finding an unspecified vulnerability facilitating DNS rebinding attacks (CVE-2008-4819).
When used in a Mozilla browser, Adobe Flash Player does not properly interpret jar: URLs, according to a report by Gregory Fleischer of pseudo-flaw.net (CVE-2008-4821).
Alex 'kuza55' K. reported that Adobe Flash Player does not properly interpret policy files (CVE-2008-4822).
The vendor credits Stefano Di Paola of Minded Security for reporting that an ActionScript attribute is not interpreted properly (CVE-2008-4823).
Riley Hassell and Josh Zelonis of iSEC Partners reported multiple input validation errors (CVE-2008-4824).
The aforementioned researchers also reported that ActionScript 2 does not verify a member element's size when performing several known and other unspecified actions, that DefineConstantPool accepts an untrusted input value for a 'constant count' and that character elements are not validated when retrieved from a data structure, possibly resulting in a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2008-5361, CVE-2008-5362, CVE-2008-5363).
The vendor reported an unspecified arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2008-5499).
Liu Die Yu of TopsecTianRongXin reported an unspecified flaw in the Settings Manager related to 'clickjacking' (CVE-2009-0114).
The vendor credits Roee Hay from IBM Rational Application Security for reporting an input validation error when processing SWF files (CVE-2009-0519).
Javier Vicente Vallejo reported via the iDefense VCP that Adobe Flash does not remove object references properly, leading to a freed memory dereference (CVE-2009-0520).
Josh Bressers of Red Hat and Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team reported an untrusted search path vulnerability (CVE-2009-0521).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user or a Denial of Service (crash). Furthermore a remote attacker could gain access to sensitive information, disclose memory contents by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file inside a Flash application, modify the victim's clipboard or render it temporarily unusable, persuade a user into uploading or downloading files, bypass security restrictions with the assistance of the user to gain access to camera and microphone, conduct Cross-Site Scripting and HTTP Header Splitting attacks, bypass the 'non-root domain policy' of Flash, and gain escalated privileges.
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-10.0.22.87'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 35904
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-23.nasl
Version: 1.37
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 3/11/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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: 3/10/2009
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player ActionScript Launch Command Execution Vulnerability)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3873, CVE-2008-4401, CVE-2008-4503, CVE-2008-4818, CVE-2008-4819, CVE-2008-4821, CVE-2008-4822, CVE-2008-4823, CVE-2008-4824, CVE-2008-5361, CVE-2008-5362, CVE-2008-5363, CVE-2008-5499, CVE-2009-0114, CVE-2009-0519, CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0521