bugtraq - Secunia Research: Adobe Shockwave Player Four Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Message-Id: <201001200840.o0K8eVIj014213@CA-IX-1.intnet>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:40:31 +0100
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln@...unia.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Secunia Research: Adobe Shockwave Player Four Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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                     Secunia Research 20/01/2010

  - Adobe Shockwave Player Four Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities -

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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.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where:  From remote

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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/

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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.

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5) Solution 

Update to version 11.5.6.606 or later.

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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.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-4003 for the vulnerabilities.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private 
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the 
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) 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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