Bug 1616027 – CVE-2018-12828 flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-25)

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Bug 1616027 - (CVE-2018-12828) CVE-2018-12828 flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-25)

Summary:	CVE-2018-12828 flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-25)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2018-12828

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:	1616037
Blocks:	1616033
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Reported:	2018-08-14 14:51 EDT by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2018-08-16 03:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Fixed In Version:	flash-plugin 30.0.0.154
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2018:2435	None	None	None	2018-08-15 16:28 EDT

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Description Tomas Hoger 2018-08-14 14:51:16 EDT

Adobe Security Bulletin APSB18-25 for Adobe Flash Player describes a flaw that can possibly lead to privilege escalation when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file:

Use of a component with a known vulnerability -- CVE-2018-12828

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-25.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2018-08-15 16:28:21 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Via RHSA-2018:2435 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2435

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