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Macromedia Flash Media Server Administration Service Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA17978
Release Date: 2005-12-13
Last Update: 2005-12-16
Popularity: 7,077 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:Macromedia Flash Media Server 1.x
Macromedia Flash Media Server 2.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
The vendor recommends the following workarounds.
1) Restrict access to the Administration Service using a boundary firewall.
2) Restrict access to the Administration Service to 127.0.0.1 only using a host-based firewall.
3) Disable the Administration Service on production systems.

Provided and/or discovered by:
dr_insane

Changelog:
2005-12-16: Updated advisory with vendor recommended workarounds.

Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-11.html

dr_insane:
http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Flash_media_server_2.txt

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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