Bug 1271388 (CVE-2015-5569, CVE-2015-7628)

Summary: flash-plugin: information leak and hardening fixes in APSB15-25
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: ed.costello, emhuang, mmelanso, mtilburg, stransky
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Fixed In Version: flash-plugin 11.2.202.535 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Tomas Hoger 2015-10-13 19:55:46 UTC 
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-25 for Adobe Flash Player describes a flaw that can possibly lead to bypass of the same origin policy and disclosure of sensitive information Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.  It also describes hardening fix for the Flash broker API.

Quoting from the APSB15-25:

These updates resolve a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-7628).

These updates include a defense-in-depth feature in the Flash broker API (CVE-2015-5569).

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-25.html
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2015-10-15 11:18:09 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:1893 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1893.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-11 11:21:46 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2015:2024 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html