POTENTIAL major vulnerability for Multiple OS's --- please read and check your HW/SW

[Chuck]

Gang,
As part of an assignment at work, I found something. I took the two days to research it and verify its status...

This could impact all of us. I respectfully ask you all consider the potential impact on your machine(s) and usage of the product(s) identified.

These are official and you are free to research and track as you see fit.

I suggest after you evaluate it... you consider contacting your virus folks for an update... giving them this info.

Knowing how linux works... it is possible for this to allow a ring 3 application to modify the kernel as it could gain access to the WHOLE MACHINE.

Here are the two main links to get you into the appropriate resources to do whatever resource is needed/appropriate for you.

Mitre runs the web site for the DHS Cyber folks...


http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename...=CVE-2009-0928

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?execution=e3s1

Edit: 28-Mar-2009 --- Link was changed.

Static Link now: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/de...=CVE-2009-0928

You may also just jump to this location from the first link (mitre) as well.



Chuck

[Chuck]

Adobe has just posted an update, but it has not yet, AFAIK, been tested and certified to eliminate the exploit.

I will follow this status and report. Anyone may update as appropriate.

Windows versions are now 9.1 instead of 9.0.x



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[Chuck]

Either it got updated (again from e3s1 to e4s1) or I made a small copy/paste error..

The original post now has been edited to contain the proper static links

Bottom line... update anything you have from adobe and watch the status of this until it is closed.
(Linux and windows)

Fixes from Adobe can be found directly here:

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C.