28733 : Adobe Flash Player Malformed SWF Processing Unspecified DoS
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Disclosure

Sep 12, 2006

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Unknown

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Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

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Description

Adobe Flash Player contains a flaw that may allow a denial of service. The issue is triggered when a victim opens a malformed and compressed SWF file. This will result in the application hosting the flash player, typically a web browser, to crach.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.0.16.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Flash Player

8.0.24.0

References

Security Tracker: 1016449
Bugtraq ID: 18894
CVE ID: 2006-3588 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21865 21901 22054 22268 22882
Related OSVDB ID: 27113 27507 28732 28734
ISS X-Force ID: 27602
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 923789
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-2702 ADV-2006-3573 ADV-2006-3577 ADV-2006-3852
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304460
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Sep/0007.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.fortinet.com/FortiGuardCenter/advisory/FG-2006-21.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-02.xml
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/925143.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS06-069
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0674

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