Bug 1264992 (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5573, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5579, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5584, CVE-2015-5587, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6677, CVE-2015-6678, CVE-2015-6682)

Summary:	flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-23
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
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 11.2.202.521	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	1264996, 1264997, 1264998
Bug Blocks:	1264993

Description Tomas Hoger 2015-09-21 20:38:55 UTC

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-23 for Adobe Flash Player describes multiple flaws that can possibly lead to code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

Quoting from the APSB15-23:

These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5573). 

These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584, CVE-2015-6682). 

These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6678). 

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6677). 

These updates resolve stack corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5579). 

These updates resolve a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-5587). 


External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-23.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-09-22 12:17:23 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-2015:1814 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1814.html