Bug 860060 (CVE-2012-5054)

Summary: CVE-2012-5054 flash-plugin: arbitrary code exec via integer overflow in copyRawDataTo method in Matrix3D class
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Vincent Danen <vdanen>
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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Description Vincent Danen 2012-09-24 19:49:56 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2012-5054 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2012-5054
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5054
Assigned: 20120921
Reference: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116435/Adobe-Flash-Player-Matrix3D-Integer-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
Reference: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html
Reference: http://www.vupen.com/english/services/ba-index.php

Integer overflow in the copyRawDataTo method in the Matrix3D class in
Adobe Flash Player before 11.4.402.265 allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via malformed arguments.

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2012-09-24 20:04:29 UTC
I've asked Adobe for clarification as to whether this affects the Linux version (11.2.x) that was also fixed via APSB12-19, so we're currently unsure whether this affects RHEL or not, or whether it is has been fixed or not if it had.

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2012-10-11 17:04:57 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1173 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1173.html

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2012:1203 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html

Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2012-10-19 17:42:29 UTC
Adobe has finally clarified that, for Linux, CVE-2012-5054 affects Flash Player version 11.2.202.236 and earlier, and was addressed in 11.2.202.238 (see APSB12-19 for more details).