Bug 1221067 (CVE-2015-3079) - CVE-2015-3079 flash-plugin: security bypass leading to information disclosure (APSB15-09)
Summary: CVE-2015-3079 flash-plugin: security bypass leading to information disclosure...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-3079
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1221038 1221039 1221040
Blocks: 1221049
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-05-13 09:17 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-02-17 05:18 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: flash-plugin 11.2.202.460
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-05-13 13:01:42 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1005 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2015-05-13 16:44:17 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2015-05-13 09:17:08 UTC 
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-09 for Adobe Flash Player describes a security bypass vulnerability that can be used to disclose sensitive information when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

Quoting from the APSB15-09:

These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-3079), and provide additional hardening to protect against CVE-2015-3044. 


The CVE-2015-3044 was fixed via APSB15-06 and is tracked in Red Hat Bugzilla via bug 1211894.

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-09.html
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2015-05-13 12:44:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

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

Via RHSA-2015:1005 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1005.html
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