Bug 1168057 – CVE-2014-8439 flash-plugin: hardening against a code execution flaw (APSB14-26)

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Bug 1168057 - (CVE-2014-8439) CVE-2014-8439 flash-plugin: hardening against a code execution flaw (APSB14-26)

Summary:	CVE-2014-8439 flash-plugin: hardening against a code execution flaw (APSB14-26)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-8439

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

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1168058 1168059 1168060
Blocks:	1168063
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Reported:	2014-11-25 20:10 EST by Murray McAllister
Modified:	2015-11-25 05:20 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	flash-plugin 11.2.202.424
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2014-11-26 13:45:44 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:1915	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: flash-plugin security update	2014-11-26 16:08:55 EST

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Description Murray McAllister 2014-11-25 20:10:56 EST

Adobe has released Flash Player 11.2.202.424 for Linux to correct the following flaw:

These updates provide additional hardening against a vulnerability in the handling of a dereferenced memory pointer that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-8439).  A mitigation was previously introduced for this issue in the October 14, 2014 release.

External References:

http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2014-11-26 11:09:21 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

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

Via RHSA-2014:1915 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html

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