Bug 1117588 – CVE-2014-4671 flash-plugin: vulnerable JSONP callback APIs issue (APSB14-17)

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Bug 1117588 - (CVE-2014-4671) CVE-2014-4671 flash-plugin: vulnerable JSONP callback APIs issue (APSB14-17)

Summary:	CVE-2014-4671 flash-plugin: vulnerable JSONP callback APIs issue (APSB14-17)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-4671

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1117590 1117593 1117596 1117598
Blocks:	1117589
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Reported:	2014-07-08 23:19 EDT by Murray McAllister
Modified:	2015-11-25 05:08 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A flaw was found that would lead to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.
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Last Closed:	2014-07-10 00:26:10 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:0860	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: flash-plugin security update	2014-07-09 11:11:07 EDT

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Description Murray McAllister 2014-07-08 23:19:28 EDT

Adobe has released Flash Player 11.2.202.394 for Linux to correct the following flaws:

These updates include additional validation checks to ensure that Flash Player rejects malicious content from vulnerable JSONP callback APIs (CVE-2014-4671).

External References:

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-17.html

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2014-07-09 03:33:49 EDT

IssueDescription:

A flaw was found that would lead to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-09 07:11:22 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

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

Via RHSA-2014:0860 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0860.html

Comment 4 Tomas Hoger 2014-07-25 02:32:25 EDT

Detailed write-up of the issue form its reporter:
http://miki.it/blog/2014/7/8/abusing-jsonp-with-rosetta-flash/

Tools to generate SWF files encoded in ASCII-only:
https://github.com/mikispag/rosettaflash

Metasploit module exploiting this issue:
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/gather/flash_rosetta_jsonp_url_disclosure
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/flash_rosetta_jsonp_url_disclosure.rb

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