Adobe Flash Player compressed .swf file denial of service

macromedia-swf-dos (27602) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Macromedia Flash Player is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by improper handling of compressed .swf files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious SWF file and hosting it on a Web site or sending it to a potential victim as an email attachment, which would cause the victim's Web browser to crash, once the file is opened.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 4
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 3
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Refer to Adobe Product Security Bulletin APSB06-11 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0674-5 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Apple Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server:
Apply Apple Security Update 2006-006 or Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200610-02 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:053 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Adobe Flash Basic 8
  • Adobe Flash Player 8.0.24.0
  • Adobe Flash Professional 8
  • Adobe Flex 1.5
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows XP x64 Professional
  • Novell Linux Desktop 9
  • RedHat RHEL Extras 3
  • RedHat RHEL Extras 4
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
  • SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3
  • SuSE SuSE SLED 10
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux FUJI

Reported:

Jul 05, 2006

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