Executive Summary

Summary
Title flash-plugin security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2012:1431 First vendor Publication 2012-11-07
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2012-11-07
Severity (Vendor) Critical Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB12-24, listed in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, CVE-2012-5278, CVE-2012-5279, CVE-2012-5280)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.251.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

873818 - flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-24)

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1431.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
86 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
14 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20274
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20274
Title: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, and CVE-2012-5280
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, and CVE-2012-5280.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5275
Version: 8
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20323
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20323
Title: Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5278
Version: 8
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20739
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20739
Title: Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5279
Version: 8
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20846
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20846
Title: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5280
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5280.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5277
Version: 8
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20892
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20892
Title: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, and CVE-2012-5280
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, CVE-2012-5277, and CVE-2012-5280.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5274
Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20904
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20904
Title: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5277
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5277.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5280
Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20928
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20928
Title: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 and Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600 on Windows, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5277, and CVE-2012-5280
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5277, and CVE-2012-5280.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5276
Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21660
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21660
Title: RHSA-2012:1431: flash-plugin security update (Critical)
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5277.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:1431-01
CVE-2012-5274
CVE-2012-5275
CVE-2012-5276
CVE-2012-5277
CVE-2012-5278
CVE-2012-5279
CVE-2012-5280
Version: 96
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s): flash-plugin
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23995
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23995
Title: ELSA-2012:1431: flash-plugin security update (Critical)
Description: Buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.5.502.110 on Windows and Mac OS X, before 10.3.183.43 and 11.x before 11.2.202.251 on Linux, before 11.1.111.24 on Android 2.x and 3.x, and before 11.1.115.27 on Android 4.x; Adobe AIR before 3.5.0.600; and Adobe AIR SDK before 3.5.0.600 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5274, CVE-2012-5275, CVE-2012-5276, and CVE-2012-5277.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:1431-01
CVE-2012-5274
CVE-2012-5275
CVE-2012-5276
CVE-2012-5277
CVE-2012-5278
CVE-2012-5279
CVE-2012-5280
Version: 33
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): flash-plugin
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 269
Application 2
Os 49

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2013-03-28 Name : Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities - November12 (Mac OS X)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_air_mult_vuln_nov12_macosx.nasl
2013-03-28 Name : Adobe Air Multiple Vulnerabilities - November12 (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_air_mult_vuln_nov12_win.nasl
2012-12-13 Name : SuSE Update for flash-player openSUSE-SU-2012:1480-1 (flash-player)
File : nvt/gb_suse_2012_1480_1.nasl
2012-11-26 Name : FreeBSD Ports: linux-f10-flashplugin
File : nvt/freebsd_linux-f10-flashplugin4.nasl
2012-11-08 Name : Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - November12 (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_flash_player_mult_vuln_nov12_lin.nasl
2012-11-08 Name : Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - November12 (Mac OS X)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_vuln_nov12_macosx.nasl
2012-11-08 Name : Adobe Flash Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - November12 (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_adobe_prdts_mult_vuln_nov12_win.nasl

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Adobe Flash Player AS2 privilege escalation attempt
RuleID : 24813 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-01-10 Adobe Flash Player AS2 privilege escalation attempt
RuleID : 24812 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-01-10 Adobe Flash Player AS2 privilege escalation attempt
RuleID : 24811 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-01-10 Adobe Flash Player AS2 privilege escalation attempt
RuleID : 24810 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-FLASH

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-776.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201309-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_flash-player-121109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-09 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_4b8b748e2a2411e2bb44003067b2972c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-07 Name : The remote Windows host contains a version of Adobe AIR that is affected by m...
File : adobe_air_apsb12-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-07 Name : The remote Windows host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vul...
File : flash_player_apsb12-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-07 Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a version of Adobe AIR that is affected by ...
File : macosx_adobe_air_3_5_0_600.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-07 Name : The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vu...
File : macosx_flash_player_11_5_502_110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-07 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-1431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:56:30
  • Multiple Updates
2012-11-07 17:19:53
  • Multiple Updates
2012-11-07 13:20:03
  • Multiple Updates
2012-11-07 13:18:05
  • First insertion