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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200603-20">
  <title>Macromedia Flash Player: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified that allows arbitrary code execution on
    a user's system via the handling of malicious SWF files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Flash</product>
  <announced>2006-03-21</announced>
  <revised count="02">2009-05-28</revised>
  <bug>102777</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-plugins/adobe-flash" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">7.0.63</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">7.0.63</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    The Macromedia Flash Player is a renderer for the popular SWF
    filetype which is commonly used to provide interactive websites,
    digital experiences and mobile content.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The Macromedia Flash Player contains multiple unspecified
    vulnerabilities.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker serving a maliciously crafted SWF file could entice a
    user to view the SWF file and execute arbitrary code on the user's
    machine.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Macromedia Flash Player users should upgrade to the latest
    version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-plugins/adobe-flash-7.0.63"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0024">CVE-2006-0024</uri>
    <uri link="http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/apsb06-03.html">Macromedia Announcement</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-21T19:42:52Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-21T19:43:49Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>