---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia Network Software Inspector 2.0 (NSI) - Public Beta 4 days left of beta period. The 1st generation of the Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI) has been available for corporate users for almost 1 year and its been a tremendous success. The 2nd generation Secunia NSI is built on the same technology as the award winning Secunia PSI, which has already been downloaded and installed on more than 400,000 computers world wide. Learn more / Download (instant access): http://secunia.com/network_software_inspector_2/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: swfdec Untrusted Sandboxes Local File Disclosure Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA29915 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/29915/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Exposure of sensitive information WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: swfdec 0.x http://secunia.com/product/18432/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in swfdec, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to swfdec not properly restricting untrusted sandboxes from reading local files, which can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary local files by e.g. tricking a user into visiting a malicious website. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.6.4. SOLUTION: Update to version 0.6.4. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by the vendor. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/swfdec/2008-April/001321.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------