Bug 873818 (CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, CVE-2012-5278, CVE-2012-5279, CVE-2012-5280)

Summary:	flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-24)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
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 11.2.202.251	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2012-12-07 17:11:12 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	873825, 873826, 873827, 873828
Bug Blocks:	873824

Description Vincent Danen 2012-11-06 19:07:20 UTC

Adobe security bulletin APSB12-24 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-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, CVE-2012-5280).

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5279).

These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5278).

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2012-11-06 19:17:22 UTC

External References:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-24.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2012-11-07 08:52:03 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-2012:1431 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1431.html