Bug 864284 (CVE-2012-5248, CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5253, CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5258, CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5263, CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268, CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272, CVE-2012-5285, CVE-2012-5286, CVE-2012-5287, CVE-2012-5673)

Summary: flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-22)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala <huzaifas>
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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Bug Depends On: 864285, 864286, 864287, 864288    
Bug Blocks: 864289    

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-10-09 03:49:40 UTC 
Adobe security bulletin APSB12-22 describes several security flaws that could cause Adobe Flash Player to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system:

These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5248, CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5253, CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266).

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5258, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5263, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268, CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272).

External Reference:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2012-10-09 07:58:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

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

Via RHSA-2012:1346 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1346.html
Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2012-11-02 18:23:36 UTC 
The APSB12-22 bulletin was modified:

November 2, 2012: Bulletin updated with CVE-2012-5285, CVE-2012-5286, CVE-2012-5287 and CVE-2012-5673.

However no specifics on thees flaws are provided other than the first three are part of the code execution grouping of flaws, but no other details are provided for the last CVE.