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[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: Adobe Shockwave Player Four Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln_at_nospam>Date: Wed Jan 20 2010 - 08:40:31 GMT
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Secunia Research 20/01/2010
- Adobe Shockwave Player Four Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities -
Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
- Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Over 450 million Internet-enabled desktops have installed Adobe Shockwave Player. These people now have access to some of the best the Web has to offer - including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications."
Product Link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/shockwaveplayer/
4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered four vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused by four integer overflow errors when processing a certain block type. These can be exploited to cause heap-based buffer overflows via specially crafted Shockwave files.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
5) Solution
Update to version 11.5.6.606 or later.
6) Time Table 29/12/2009 - Vendor notified. 30/12/2009 - Vendor response. 16/01/2010 - Vendor provides status update. 20/01/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.
8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2009-4003 for the vulnerabilities.
9) About Secunia
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- Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-63/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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