Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title flash-plugin security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2016:1238 First vendor Publication 2016-06-17
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2016-06-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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 update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) 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 upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.626.

Security Fix(es):

* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2016-4122, CVE-2016-4123, CVE-2016-4124, CVE-2016-4125, CVE-2016-4127, CVE-2016-4128, CVE-2016-4129, CVE-2016-4130, CVE-2016-4131, CVE-2016-4132, CVE-2016-4133, CVE-2016-4134, CVE-2016-4135, CVE-2016-4136, CVE-2016-4137, CVE-2016-4138, CVE-2016-4139, CVE-2016-4140, CVE-2016-4141, CVE-2016-4142, CVE-2016-4143, CVE-2016-4144, CVE-2016-4145, CVE-2016-4146, CVE-2016-4147, CVE-2016-4148, CVE-2016-4149, CVE-2016-4150, CVE-2016-4151, CVE-2016-4152, CVE-2016-4153, CVE-2016-4154, CVE-2016-4155, CVE-2016-4156, CVE-2016-4166, CVE-2016-4171)

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1346665 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-18

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1238.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 413
Application 2
Application 9
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-02-21 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK ShimContentResolver memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 41358 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-02-21 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK ShimContentResolver memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 41357 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ShimOpportunityGenerator out of bounds memory access attempt
RuleID : 39319 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ShimOpportunityGenerator out of bounds memory access attempt
RuleID : 39318 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player MovieClip object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 39317 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player MovieClip object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 39316 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player RegExp numbered backreference out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 39315 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player RegExp numbered backreference out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 39314 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed Adobe Texture Format image load memory corruptio...
RuleID : 39313 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed Adobe Texture Format image load memory corruptio...
RuleID : 39312 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player same origin policy security bypass attempt
RuleID : 39311 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player same origin policy security bypass attempt
RuleID : 39310 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed ATF file length load buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 39309 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed ATF file length load buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 39308 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player sound object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 39307 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player sound object use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 39306 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK ShimContentResolver out of bounds memory acc...
RuleID : 39305 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK ShimContentResolver out of bounds memory acc...
RuleID : 39304 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ExecPolicy invalid string table lookup attempt
RuleID : 39302 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ExecPolicy invalid string table lookup attempt
RuleID : 39301 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash player retrieveResolvers memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 39298 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash player retrieveResolvers memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 39297 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player request for dbghelp.dll over SMB attempt
RuleID : 39296 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player request for apphelp.dll over SMB attempt
RuleID : 39295 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player dbghelp.dll dll-load exploit attempt
RuleID : 39294 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player apphelp.dll dll-load exploit attempt
RuleID : 39293 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player NetConnection object type confusion overflow attempt
RuleID : 39292 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player NetConnection object type confusion overflow attempt
RuleID : 39291 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK ShimContentResolver out of bounds memory acc...
RuleID : 39290 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK ShimContentResolver out of bounds memory acc...
RuleID : 39289 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ShimContentResolver out of bounds memory access attempt
RuleID : 39288 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ShimContentResolver out of bounds memory access attempt
RuleID : 39287 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player loadSound use after free attempt
RuleID : 39286 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player loadSound use after free attempt
RuleID : 39285 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player loadSound use after free attempt
RuleID : 39284 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player loadSound use after free attempt
RuleID : 39283 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed JPEG-XR out of bounds memory access attempt
RuleID : 39282 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed JPEG-XR out of bounds memory access attempt
RuleID : 39281 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Primetime SDK object type confusion overflow attempt
RuleID : 39280 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Primetime SDK object type confusion overflow attempt
RuleID : 39279 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed JPEG XR heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 39278 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed JPEG XR heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 39277 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player loadSound use after free attempt
RuleID : 39276 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player loadSound use after free attempt
RuleID : 39275 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed ATF heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 39274 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player malformed ATF heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 39273 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ShimContentFactory uninitialized pointer use attempt
RuleID : 39272 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash Player ShimContentFactory uninitialized pointer use attempt
RuleID : 39271 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash TextFormat.setTabStops use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 39270 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-07-19 Adobe Flash TextFormat.setTabStops use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 39269 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-06-14 Adobe Flash Player unhandled recursion limit out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 39265 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-06-14 Adobe Flash Player unhandled recursion limit out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 39264 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-06-14 Adobe Flash Player unhandled recursion limit out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 39263 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2016-06-14 Adobe Flash Player unhandled recursion limit out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 39262 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-08-29 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-1613-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-20 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_0e3dfdde35c411e68e82002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-20 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201606-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-740.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1238.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-17 Name : The remote Windows host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by mu...
File : flash_player_apsb16-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-17 Name : The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by m...
File : macosx_flash_player_apsb16-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-17 Name : The remote Windows host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by mu...
File : smb_nt_ms16-083.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2016-06-21 13:28:24
  • Multiple Updates
2016-06-17 13:25:20
  • First insertion