Bug 1532810 – CVE-2018-4871 flash-plugin: out-of-bounds read causing information leak (APSB18-01)

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Bug 1532810 - (CVE-2018-4871) CVE-2018-4871 flash-plugin: out-of-bounds read causing information leak (APSB18-01)

Summary:	CVE-2018-4871 flash-plugin: out-of-bounds read causing information leak (APSB...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2018-4871

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

Depends On:	1532813 1532814
Blocks:	1525509
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Reported:	2018-01-09 15:15 EST by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2018-01-11 22:30 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	flash-plugin 28.0.0.137
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Last Closed:	2018-01-10 16:04:55 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:0081	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: flash-plugin security update	2018-01-10 20:56:19 EST

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Description Tomas Hoger 2018-01-09 15:15:30 EST

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB18-01 for Adobe Flash Player describes an out-of-bounds read flaw that can possibly lead to information disclosure when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

Quoting from the APSB18-01:

Out-of-bounds Read 	Information Disclosure 	Important 	CVE-2018-4871

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-01.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-01-10 15:56:51 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Via RHSA-2018:0081 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0081

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