CVE-2008-3873

Publication date 29 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

The System.setClipboard method in ActionScript in Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to populate the clipboard with a URL that is difficult to delete and does not require user interaction to populate the clipboard, as exploited in the wild in August 2008.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
flashplugin-nonfree 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 9.0.246.0ubuntu1
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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