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TITLE:
Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37214

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37214/

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

1) An error related to the use of an invalid index can be exploited
to potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted Shockwave
content.

2) An error related to the use of an invalid pointer can be exploited
to potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted Shockwave
content.

3) Another error related to the use an invalid pointer can be
exploited to potentially execute arbitrary code via specially crafted
Shockwave content.

4) An error when processing string lengths can be exploited to cause
a memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code.

NOTE: A boundary error which results in a crash was also reported.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 11.5.1.601 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 11.5.2.602:
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Nicolas Joly, Vupen Security.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-16.html

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