Executive Summary

Summary
Title flash-plugin security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2014:0196 First vendor Publication 2014-02-21
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2014-02-21
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 three 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 multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB14-07, 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-2014-0498, CVE-2014-0499, CVE-2014-0502)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.341.

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/site/articles/11258

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

1067656 - CVE-2014-0498 CVE-2014-0499 CVE-2014-0502 flash-plugin: multiple flaws lead to arbitrary code execution (APSB14-07)

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
33 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
33 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22201
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22201
Title: Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK and Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors
Description: Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2014-0502
Version: 12
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22445
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22445
Title: Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK and Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 do not prevent access to address information, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.
Description: Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 do not prevent access to address information, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2014-0499
Version: 12
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22568
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22568
Title: Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK and Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors
Description: Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2014-0498
Version: 12
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s): Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23209
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23209
Title: ELSA-2014:0196: flash-plugin security update (Critical)
Description: Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2014:0196-00
CVE-2014-0498
CVE-2014-0499
CVE-2014-0502
Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): flash-plugin
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24162
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24162
Title: RHSA-2014:0196: flash-plugin security update (Critical)
Description: Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2014:0196-00
CVE-2014-0498
CVE-2014-0499
CVE-2014-0502
Version: 18
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:25399
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25399
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:0290-1 -- Security update for flash-player
Description: This update of Adobe Flash Player fixes the following issues: * A stack overflow vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0498) * A memory leak vulnerability that could have been used to defeat memory address layout randomization. (CVE-2014-0499) * A double free vulnerability that could have resulted in arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-0502)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:0290-1
CVE-2014-0498
CVE-2014-0499
CVE-2014-0502
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Product(s): flash-player
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 306

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2014-02-27 IAVM : 2014-A-0029 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player and AIR
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0044537

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2016-03-18 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object user-after-free attempt
RuleID : 37685 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-03-18 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object user-after-free attempt
RuleID : 37684 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-12-02 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 32360 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-12-02 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 32359 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-29 Adobe Flash Player PCRE regexp out of bounds memory leak ASLR bypass attempt
RuleID : 29984 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-29 Adobe Flash Player PCRE regexp out of bounds memory leak ASLR bypass attempt
RuleID : 29983 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash regular expression grouping depth buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 29934 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player PCRE regexp out of bounds memory leak ASLR bypass attempt
RuleID : 29933 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player PCRE regexp out of bounds memory leak ASLR bypass attempt
RuleID : 29932 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 29931 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 29930 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 29929 - Revision : 7 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player worker shared object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 29928 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 29927 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-03-27 Adobe Flash Player buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 29926 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2014-01-10 Adobe Flash regular expression grouping depth buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 19685 - Revision : 13 - Type : FILE-FLASH

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-157.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-05-05 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201405-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-26 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_flash-player-140224.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2014-0196.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-20 Name : The remote Windows host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vul...
File : flash_player_apsb14-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-20 Name : The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vu...
File : macosx_flash_player_12_0_0_70.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-20 Name : The remote host has an ActiveX control installed that is affected by multiple...
File : smb_kb2934802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-23 13:21:10
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-21 17:22:58
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-21 13:28:12
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-21 13:18:59
  • First insertion