Bug 1888018 (CVE-2020-9746) - CVE-2020-9746 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB20-58)
Summary: CVE-2020-9746 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB20-58)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-9746
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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urgent
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1888020
Blocks: 1888021
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-13 19:57 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-02-16 19:06 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: flash-plugin 32.0.0.445
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Last Closed: 2020-10-14 14:21:13 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4251 0 None None None 2020-10-14 09:43:19 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2020-10-13 19:57:16 UTC 
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB20-58 for Adobe Flash Player describes a flaw that can possibly lead to arbitrary code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file:

NULL Pointer Dereference -- CVE-2020-9746

Adobe Security Bulletin also notes:

Exploitation of CVE-2020-9746 requires an attacker to insert malicious strings in an HTTP response that is by default delivered over TLS/SSL.

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb20-58.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2020-10-14 09:43:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Via RHSA-2020:4251 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4251
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-10-14 14:21:13 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-9746
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