National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0521

Overview

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 9.x before 9.0.159.0 and 10.x before 10.0.22.87 on Linux allows local users to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges via a crafted library in a directory contained in the RPATH.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html "This update prevents a potential Linux-only information disclosure issue in the Flash Player binary that could lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-0521)"}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0513

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0513

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-01.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487144

External Source: XF

Name: flash-unspecified-information-disclosure(48904)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48904

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200903-23

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-23.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34226

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34226

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34012

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34012

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0332

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0332.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929

Hyperlink:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5929