Adobe Flash Player Bug Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019808
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019808
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1655
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 9 2008
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Impact: Host/resource access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Adobe Advisory
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Version(s): 9.0.115.0 and prior 9.0.x versions, 8.0.39.0 and prior 8.0 versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Adobe Flash Player. A remote user can conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
A remote user can create a specially crafted SWF file that, when loaded by the target user, will send arbitrary HTTP headers to an
arbitrary target domain. This can be exploited to conduct DNS rebinding attacks by sending messages to a UPnP control point.
Tom
Gallagher of Microsoft reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (9.0.124.0).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-11.html
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Vendor URL: www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-11.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (OS X), UNIX (Solaris - SunOS), Windows (Any)
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