Adobe AIR for Mac <= 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB11-28)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56962

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Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe AIR that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Adobe AIR installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 3.0 or earlier. It is therefore reportedly affected by several critical vulnerabilities :

- Several unspecified memory corruption errors exist that could lead to code execution.
(CVE-2011-2445, CVE-2011-2451, CVE-2011-2452, CVE-2011-2453, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, CVE-2011-2459, CVE-2011-2460)

- An unspecified heap corruption error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2011-2450)

- An unspecified buffer overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2011-2456)

- An unspecified stack overflow error exists that could lead to code execution. (CVE-2011-2457)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR version 3.1.0.4880 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56962

File Name: macosx_adobe_air_3_1_0_4880.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 11/28/2011

Updated: 7/16/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:air

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Adobe_AIR/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2445, CVE-2011-2450, CVE-2011-2451, CVE-2011-2452, CVE-2011-2453, CVE-2011-2454, CVE-2011-2455, CVE-2011-2456, CVE-2011-2457, CVE-2011-2459, CVE-2011-2460

BID: 50619, 50620, 50621, 50622, 50623, 50624, 50625, 50626, 50627, 50628, 50618

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