VDB-27175 · CVE-2005-3900 · BID 15434

Macromedia Flash Player up to 5.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Macromedia Flash Player up to 5.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Flash Player. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-3900. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Macromedia Flash Player up to 5.1 (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Flash Player. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Macromedia Breeze Communication Server and Breeze Live Server does 5.1 and earlier not sufficiently validate certain RTMP data, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (instability or crash), as demonstrated using an alpha release build of Flash Player 8.5 (build 133).

The weakness was published 11/15/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3900 since 11/29/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 15434†), OSVDB (20869†), Secunia (SA17611†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015220†). Similar entry is available at VDB-27176. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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07/29/2017 +871 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: macromedia.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3900 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3900
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27175
SecurityFocus: 15434 - Macromedia Breeze Communication Server and Live Server RTMP Data Validation Vulnerability
Secunia: 17611 - Macromedia Breeze Communication Server/Live Server Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20869 - Macromedia Flash/Breeze Communication Server Malformed RTMP Data DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015220 - Macromedia Breeze Communication Server RTMP Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vupen: ADV-2005-2442

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/29/2017 18:02
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (54), 07/29/2017 18:02 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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