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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-9 |
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PACKAGE : netscape-flash |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-03-09 01:56 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : remote |
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VERSIONS AFFECTED : <6.0.79 |
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FIXED VERSION : =>6.0.79 |
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CVE : |
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- From advisory: |
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"The cumulative security patch is available today and addresses the |
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potential for exploits surrounding buffer overflows (read/write) and |
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sandbox integrity within the player, which might allow malicious users |
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to gain access to a user's computer. The possibility of running native |
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code on a users machine is a theoretical exploit, and extremely |
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difficult to execute in practice. There are no known examples of |
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running such native code from Macromedia Flash movies; however, even |
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though this issue is difficult and theoretical in nature only, we |
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are encouraging users to upgrade." |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=23821 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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net-www/netscape-flash upgrade to netscape-flash-6.0.79 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge netscape-flash |
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emerge clean |
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