Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0846 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Macromedia Flash Malformed Header

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
macromedia
nessus

Summary

The decoder for Macromedia Shockwave Flash allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed SWF header that contains more data than the specified length.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Macromedia
1

Nessus

NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2003-027.NASL
descriptionUpdated Netscape 4.8 packages fixing various bugs and vulnerabilities are now available. Netscape is a suite of Internet utilities including a Web browser, email client, and Usenet news reader. Netscape version 4.8 contains various bugfixes and updates. Note that Macromedia Flash is no longer included as of this update. The recommended Macromedia Flash with security fixes no longer supports Netscape 4.x. The security issues that affected the Macromedia Flash player include CVE-2002-0846 and CVE-2002-1467. It is recommended that all Netscape Communicator and Netscape Navigator users upgrade to these errata packages.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id12355
published2004-07-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12355
titleRHEL 2.1 : netscape (RHSA-2003:027)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:027. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(12355);
  script_version ("1.27");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0846", "CVE-2002-1467");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2003:027");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : netscape (RHSA-2003:027)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated Netscape 4.8 packages fixing various bugs and vulnerabilities
are now available.

Netscape is a suite of Internet utilities including a Web browser,
email client, and Usenet news reader.

Netscape version 4.8 contains various bugfixes and updates.

Note that Macromedia Flash is no longer included as of this update.
The recommended Macromedia Flash with security fixes no longer
supports Netscape 4.x. The security issues that affected the
Macromedia Flash player include CVE-2002-0846 and CVE-2002-1467.

It is recommended that all Netscape Communicator and Netscape
Navigator users upgrade to these errata packages."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-0846"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-1467"
  );
  # http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#linux
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/#linux"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:027"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected netscape-common, netscape-communicator and / or
netscape-navigator packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netscape-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netscape-communicator");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:netscape-navigator");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/08/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/07/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2003:027";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"netscape-common-4.8-1")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"netscape-communicator-4.8-1")) flag++;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"netscape-navigator-4.8-1")) flag++;

  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "netscape-common / netscape-communicator / netscape-navigator");
  }
}

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2003:026
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2003:027