Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Number: AV09-044
Date: 5 November 2009
Purpose
The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to code execution vulnerabilities in the Adobe Shockwave Player and to provide updates for these vulnerabilities.
Assessment
According to the vendor, exploiting these vulnerabilities results in arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) conditions.
The updates:
- resolve an invalid index vulnerability that could potentially lead to code execution
- resolve invalid pointer vulnerabilities that could potentially lead to code execution
- resolve an invalid string length vulnerability that could potentially lead to code execution
- resolve a boundary condition issue that could lead to a DoS issue
CVE: 2009-3463, 2009-3464, 2009-3465, 2009-3466, 2009-3244
Suggested action
CCIRC recommends that administrators test and deploy these updates according to their Release Management practices, as appropriate, at the earliest opportunity.
References:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-16.html
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