Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-2997 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Adobe Flash Player versions 24.0.0.221 and earlier have an exploitable buffer overflow / underflow vulnerability in the Primetime TVSDK that supports customizing ad information. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FLASH_PLAYER_APSB17-07.NASL description The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is equal or prior to version 24.0.0.221. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A buffer overflow condition exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2997) - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999) - An unspecified flaw exists in the random number generator used for constant binding that allows an attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-3000) - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97728 published 2017-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97728 title Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 24.0.0.221 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-07) NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS17-023.NASL description The remote Windows host is missing security update 4014329. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A buffer overflow condition exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2997) - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999) - An unspecified flaw exists in the random number generator used for constant binding that allows an attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-3000) - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97735 published 2017-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97735 title MS17-023: Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (4014329) NASL family Windows NASL id FLASH_PLAYER_APSB17-07.NASL description The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 24.0.0.221. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A buffer overflow condition exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2997) - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999) - An unspecified flaw exists in the random number generator used for constant binding that allows an attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2017-3000) - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97727 published 2017-03-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97727 title Adobe Flash Player <= 24.0.0.221 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB17-07) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_4FFB633C0A3B11E7A9F20011D823EEBD.NASL description Adobe reports : - These updates resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2017-2997). - These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999). - These updates resolve a random number generator vulnerability used for constant blinding that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2017-3000). - These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97788 published 2017-03-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97788 title FreeBSD : Flash Player -- multiple vulnerabilities (4ffb633c-0a3b-11e7-a9f2-0011d823eebd) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201703-02.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201703-02 (Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Adobe Flash Player. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or bypass security restrictions. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97814 published 2017-03-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97814 title GLSA-201703-02 : Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2017-0526.NASL description An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. This update upgrades Flash Player to version 25.0.0.127. Security Fix(es) : * This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2017-2997, CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999, CVE-2017-3000, CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97766 published 2017-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97766 title RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2017:0526) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-0703-1.NASL description This update for flash-player fixes the following issues: Security update to 25.0.0.127 (bsc#1029374), fixing the following vulnerabilities advised under APSB17-07 : - CVE-2017-2997: This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution. - CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999: This update resolves memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution. - CVE-2017-3000: This update resolves a random number generator vulnerability used for constant blinding that could lead to information disclosure. - CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003: This update resolves use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution. - Details: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/a psb17-07.html Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97776 published 2017-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97776 title SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-player (SUSE-SU-2017:0703-1)
Redhat
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| rpms | flash-plugin-0:25.0.0.127-1.el6_8 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0526.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0526.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96860
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96860
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037994
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037994
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-07.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-07.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-02