Bug 1221067 (CVE-2015-3079)

Summary:	CVE-2015-3079 flash-plugin: security bypass leading to information disclosure (APSB15-09)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ed.costello, emhuang, mmelanso, mtilburg, stransky
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	flash-plugin 11.2.202.460	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-05-13 13:01:42 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1221038, 1221039, 1221040
Bug Blocks:	1221049

Description Tomas Hoger 2015-05-13 09:17:08 UTC

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-09 for Adobe Flash Player describes a security bypass vulnerability that can be used to disclose sensitive information when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

Quoting from the APSB15-09:

These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-3079), and provide additional hardening to protect against CVE-2015-3044. 


The CVE-2015-3044 was fixed via APSB15-06 and is tracked in Red Hat Bugzilla via bug 1211894.

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-09.html

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2015-05-13 12:44:41 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2015:1005 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1005.html