Gentoo: GLSA-201001-02: Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
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).
Resolution
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
[ 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
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201001-02
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.
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
Background
The Adobe Flash Player is a renderer for the SWF file format, which is commonly used to provide interactive websites.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-plugins/adobe-flash < 10.0.42.34 >= 10.0.42.34
Impact
===== 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
There is no known workaround at this time.