Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1289771
flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-32
Last modified: 2016-11-08 11:15:22 EST
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-32 for Adobe Flash Player describes multiple flaws that can possibly lead to code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file. Quoting from the APSB15-32: These updates resolve heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8438, CVE-2015-8446). These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8444, CVE-2015-8443, CVE-2015-8417, CVE-2015-8416, CVE-2015-8451, CVE-2015-8047, CVE-2015-8455, CVE-2015-8045, CVE-2015-8418, CVE-2015-8060, CVE-2015-8419, CVE-2015-8408). These updates resolve security bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-8453, CVE-2015-8440, CVE-2015-8409). These updates resolve a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8407). These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8439). These updates resolve an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8445). These updates resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8415) These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8050, CVE-2015-8049, CVE-2015-8437, CVE-2015-8450, CVE-2015-8449, CVE-2015-8448, CVE-2015-8436, CVE-2015-8452, CVE-2015-8048, CVE-2015-8413, CVE-2015-8412, CVE-2015-8410, CVE-2015-8411, CVE-2015-8424, CVE-2015-8422, CVE-2015-8420, CVE-2015-8421, CVE-2015-8423, CVE-2015-8425, CVE-2015-8433, CVE-2015-8432, CVE-2015-8431, CVE-2015-8426, CVE-2015-8430, CVE-2015-8427, CVE-2015-8428, CVE-2015-8429, CVE-2015-8434, CVE-2015-8435, CVE-2015-8414, CVE-2015-8454, CVE-2015-8059, CVE-2015-8058, CVE-2015-8055, CVE-2015-8057, CVE-2015-8056, CVE-2015-8061, CVE-2015-8067, CVE-2015-8066, CVE-2015-8062, CVE-2015-8068, CVE-2015-8064, CVE-2015-8065, CVE-2015-8063, CVE-2015-8405, CVE-2015-8404, CVE-2015-8402, CVE-2015-8403, CVE-2015-8071, CVE-2015-8401, CVE-2015-8406, CVE-2015-8069, CVE-2015-8070, CVE-2015-8441, CVE-2015-8442, CVE-2015-8447). External References: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-32.html
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-2015:2593 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2593.html
The Adobe bulletin APSB15-32 was updated with the following information: December 9, 2015: Added CVE-2015-8456 and CVE-2015-8457, which were inadvertently omitted from the original bulletin. The following descriptions were updated: These updates resolve a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8407, CVE-2015-8457). These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8439, CVE-2015-8456).
Adobe bulletin APSB15-32 was updated with multiple CVEs: March 2, 2016: Added the following CVEs, which were inadvertently omitted from the original version: CVE-2015-8652, CVE-2015-8653, CVE-2015-8654, CVE-2015-8655, CVE-2015-8656, CVE-2015-8657, CVE-2015-8822, CVE-2015-8658, CVE-2015-8820, CVE-2015-8821. Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8652, CVE-2015-8654, CVE-2015-8656, CVE-2015-8657, CVE-2015-8658, CVE-2015-8820). Use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8653, CVE-2015-8655, CVE-2015-8822, CVE-2015-8821).
Adobe bulletin APSB15-32 was updated with CVE: April 15, 2016: Added CVE-2015-8823, which was inadvertently omitted from the original version.