Bug 920186 (CVE-2013-2555)

Summary:	CVE-2013-2555 flash-plugin: Remote attackers able to execute arbitrary code via vectors that leverage an 'overflow' (CanSecWest 2013)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
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 11.2.202.280	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2013-04-10 09:49:21 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	950184, 950185, 950186, 950187
Bug Blocks:	920189

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-11 14:14:40 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-2555 to the following vulnerability:

Adobe Flash Player 11.6.602.171 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that leverage an "overflow," as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

References:
[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2555
[2] http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
[3] http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713
[4] http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840

Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-03-18 05:08:50 UTC

Statement:

This issue affects the version of flash-plugin as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. Updates will be released as soon as they are made generally available by Adobe.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-10 09:10:01 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-2013:0730 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0730.html