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TITLE:
Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51090

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-10-24

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Shockwave
Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

1) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

2) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

3) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

4) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

5) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

6) An array-indexing error can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of
arbitrary code by tricking a user into viewing specially crafted
Director content.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 11.6.7.637 and prior for
Windows and Macintosh.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 11.6.8.638.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Will Dormann, CERT/CC.
5) The vendor credits Honggang Ren, Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-23.html

US-CERT VU#872545:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/872545

OTHER REFERENCES:
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