Bug 1271388 – flash-plugin: information leak and hardening fixes in APSB15-25

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Bug 1271388 - (CVE-2015-5569, CVE-2015-7628) flash-plugin: information leak and hardening fixes in APSB15-25

Summary:	flash-plugin: information leak and hardening fixes in APSB15-25

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2015-5569, CVE-2015-7628

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

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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	1271390
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Reported:	2015-10-13 15:55 EDT by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2015-11-11 06:40 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	flash-plugin 11.2.202.535
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-11-11 06:40:18 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:1893	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: flash-plugin security update	2015-10-15 11:17:22 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:2024	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: flash-plugin security update	2015-11-11 11:21:16 EST

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Description Tomas Hoger 2015-10-13 15:55:46 EDT

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-25 for Adobe Flash Player describes a flaw that can possibly lead to bypass of the same origin policy and disclosure of sensitive information Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.  It also describes hardening fix for the Flash broker API.

Quoting from the APSB15-25:

These updates resolve a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-7628).

These updates include a defense-in-depth feature in the Flash broker API (CVE-2015-5569).

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-25.html

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2015-10-15 07:18:09 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:1893 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1893.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-11 06:21:46 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2015:2024 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2024.html

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