Gentoo: netscape-flash Buffer overflow vulnerability


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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200303-9
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          PACKAGE : netscape-flash
          SUMMARY : buffer overflow
             DATE : 2003-03-09 01:56 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <6.0.79 :="" fixed version>6.0.79
              CVE :

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>From advisory:
"The cumulative security patch is available today and addresses the
potential for exploits surrounding buffer overflows (read/write) and
sandbox integrity within the player, which might allow malicious usersto gain access to a user's computer. The possibility of running native
code on a users machine is a theoretical exploit, and extremely
difficult to execute in practice. There are no known examples of
running such native code from Macromedia Flash movies; however, even
though this issue is difficult and theoretical in nature only, we
are encouraging users to upgrade."

Read the full advisory at: 
 

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-www/netscape-flash upgrade to netscape-flash-6.0.79 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge netscape-flash
emerge clean

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aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at   
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6.0.79

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>From advisory: "The cumulative security patch is available today and addresses the potential for exploits surrounding buffer overflows (read/write) and sandbox integrity within the player, which might allow malicious usersto gain access to a user's computer. The possibility of running native code on a users machine is a theoretical exploit, and extremely difficult to execute in practice. There are no known examples of running such native code from Macromedia Flash movies; however, even though this issue is difficult and theoretical in nature only, we are encouraging users to upgrade."
Read the full advisory at:

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-www/netscape-flash upgrade to netsca...

Read the Full Advisory

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