[ GLSA 201001-02 ] Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Alex Legler <a3li () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201001-02
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: January 03, 2010
      Bugs: #296407
        ID: 201001-02

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player might allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Background
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The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is
commonly used to provide interactive websites.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package                  /   Vulnerable   /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  www-plugins/adobe-flash     < 10.0.42.34            >= 10.0.42.34

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player:

* An anonymous researcher working with the Zero Day Initiative
  reported that Adobe Flash Player does not properly process JPEG files
  (CVE-2009-3794).

* Jim Cheng of EffectiveUI reported an unspecified data injection
  vulnerability (CVE-2009-3796).

* Bing Liu of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs reported multiple
  unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-3797,
  CVE-2009-3798).

* Damian Put reported an integer overflow in the
  Verifier::parseExceptionHandlers() function (CVE-2009-3799).

* Will Dormann of CERT reported multiple unspecified Denial of
  Service vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-3800).

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted SWF
file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of
Service via unknown vectors.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Adobe Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
    ">=www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.0.42.34"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2009-3794
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3794
  [ 2 ] CVE-2009-3796
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3796
  [ 3 ] CVE-2009-3797
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3797
  [ 4 ] CVE-2009-3798
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3798
  [ 5 ] CVE-2009-3799
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3799
  [ 6 ] CVE-2009-3800
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3800

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201001-02.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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