Bug 1294580 (CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8644, CVE-2015-8645, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2015-8651, CVE-2016-0959) - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01
Summary: flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8644, CVE-2015-8645, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2015-8651, CVE-2016-0959
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1294581 1294582 1294583
Blocks: 1294585
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-12-29 05:04 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:35 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-12-29 12:11:35 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2697 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: flash-plugin security update 2015-12-29 16:53:44 UTC

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2015-12-29 05:04:34 UTC 
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB16-01 for Adobe Flash Player describes multiple flaws that can possibly lead to code execution when Flash Player is used to play a specially crafted SWF file.

Quoting from the APSB16-01:

These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8644).

These updates resolve an integer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8651).

These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650).

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8645).

External References:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-12-29 11:53:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

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

Via RHSA-2015:2697 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2016-06-24 07:42:11 UTC 
Update from 2016/06/23:

"June 23, 2016: Added reference for CVE-2016-0959, which was resolved in these updates but inadvertently omitted from the original version of the bulletin."
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