Bug 1525508 (CVE-2017-11305)

Summary: CVE-2017-11305 flash-plugin: unintended reset of global settings preference file vulnerability (APSB17-42)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Bug Depends On: 1532813, 1532814    
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-12-13 13:04:03 UTC
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB17-42 for Adobe Flash Player describes a business logic error flaw that can possibly lead to unintended reset of global settings preference file when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

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https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-42.html

Comment 1 Blake Powers 2018-01-08 14:31:50 UTC
Hello, everyone.

I have a customer for which this is issue is associated and they wanted 
to note that this is DoD "IAVA-A-0357".

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-10 20:56:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Via RHSA-2018:0081 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0081