Bug 1162913 (CVE-2014-0583, CVE-2014-8442)

Summary:	CVE-2014-0583 CVE-2014-8442 flash-plugin: privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (APSB14-24)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Murray McAllister <mmcallis>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ed.costello, emhuang, mmelanso, mtilburg, stransky, vdanen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	flash-plugin 11.2.202.418	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2014-11-13 08:07:00 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1162916, 1162917, 1162918
Bug Blocks:	1162919

Description Murray McAllister 2014-11-12 01:00:03 UTC

Adobe has released Flash Player 11.2.202.418 for Linux to correct the following flaws:

* These updates resolve a heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could be exploited to perform privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (CVE-2014-0583).

* These updates resolve a permission issue that could be exploited to perform privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (CVE-2014-8442).

External References:

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-24.html

Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2014-11-13 08:07:00 UTC

Statement:

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the linux version of the flash-plugin package.