Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers Adobe Shockwave Player Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Adobe.Shockwave.Player.Unspecified.Chunk.Remote.Code.Execution
Released Jun 14, 2011
Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.

Additional Information

The memory corruption vulnerability can be triggered when parsing a crafted dir file that contains malformed field.

References

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-17.html

• CVE-2011-0335

Acknowledgement

Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs

IPS Subscription

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.