Bug 864284 – flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-22)

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Bug 864284 - (CVE-2012-5248, CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5253, CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5258, CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5263, CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268, CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272, CVE-2012-5285, CVE-2012-5286, CVE-2012-5287, CVE-2012-5673) flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-22)

Summary:	flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-22)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2012-5248, CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5253, CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5258, CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5263, CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268, CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272, CVE-2012-5285, CVE-2012-5286, CVE-2012-5287, CVE-2012-5673

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:	864285 864286 864287 864288
Blocks:	864289
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Reported:	2012-10-08 23:49 EDT by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2015-11-24 10:16 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2012:1346	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: flash-plugin security update	2012-10-09 07:56:17 EDT

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-10-08 23:49:40 EDT

Adobe security bulletin APSB12-22 describes several security flaws that could cause Adobe Flash Player to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system:

These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5248, CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5253, CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266).

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5258, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5263, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268, CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272).

External Reference:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-22.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2012-10-09 03:58:27 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1346 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1346.html

Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2012-11-02 14:23:36 EDT

The APSB12-22 bulletin was modified:

November 2, 2012: Bulletin updated with CVE-2012-5285, CVE-2012-5286, CVE-2012-5287 and CVE-2012-5673.

However no specifics on thees flaws are provided other than the first three are part of the code execution grouping of flaws, but no other details are provided for the last CVE.

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