28733 : Adobe Flash Player Malformed SWF Processing Unspecified DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2006-09-12	2006-11-14

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
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor 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
VUPEN 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

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-07-17 | Disagree?

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