Bug 920186 (CVE-2013-2555) - CVE-2013-2555 flash-plugin: Remote attackers able to execute arbitrary code via vectors that leverage an 'overflow' (CanSecWest 2013)
Summary: CVE-2013-2555 flash-plugin: Remote attackers able to execute arbitrary code v...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-2555
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 950184 950185 950186 950187
Blocks: 920189
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-03-11 14:14 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:56 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: flash-plugin 11.2.202.280
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Last Closed: 2013-04-10 09:49:21 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0730 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2013-04-10 13:08:33 UTC

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-11 14:14:40 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-2555 to the following vulnerability:

Adobe Flash Player 11.6.602.171 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that leverage an "overflow," as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

References:
[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2555
[2] http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
[3] http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713
[4] http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840
Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-03-18 05:08:50 UTC 
Statement:

This issue affects the version of flash-plugin as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. Updates will be released as soon as they are made generally available by Adobe.
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2013-04-10 09:10:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

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

Via RHSA-2013:0730 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0730.html
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