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)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: 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
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 864285 864286 864287 864288
Blocks: 864289
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-09 03:49 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:56 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-10-09 12:15:20 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:1346 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2012-10-09 11:56:17 UTC

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-10-09 03:49:40 UTC 
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 07:58:27 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-2012:1346 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1346.html
Comment 3 Vincent Danen 2012-11-02 18:23:36 UTC 
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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