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-2016:2947 First vendor Publication 2016-12-14
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2016-12-14
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 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. 6) - 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 24.0.0.186.

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-2016-7867, CVE-2016-7868, CVE-2016-7869, CVE-2016-7870, CVE-2016-7871, CVE-2016-7872, CVE-2016-7873, CVE-2016-7874, CVE-2016-7875, CVE-2016-7876, CVE-2016-7877, CVE-2016-7878, CVE-2016-7879, CVE-2016-7880, CVE-2016-7881, CVE-2016-7890, CVE-2016-7892)

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/):

1404307 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
44 % CWE-416 Use After Free
6 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 443
Application 3

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-01-18 Adobe Flash Player addProperty use after free attempt
RuleID : 41025 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-18 Adobe Flash Player addProperty use after free attempt
RuleID : 41024 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-18 Adobe Flash Player addProperty use after free attempt
RuleID : 41023 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-18 Adobe Flash Player addProperty use after free attempt
RuleID : 41022 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-18 Adobe Flash Player onSetFocus movie clip use after free attempt
RuleID : 41021 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-18 Adobe Flash Player onSetFocus movie clip use after free attempt
RuleID : 41020 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player writeDynamicProperties use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 41017 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player writeDynamicProperties use-after-free attempt
RuleID : 41016 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Acrobat Flash WorkerDomain memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 41015 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Acrobat Flash WorkerDomain memory corruption attempt
RuleID : 41014 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player NetConnection use after free attempt
RuleID : 41013 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player NetConnection use after free attempt
RuleID : 41012 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player BitmapData applyFilter integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 41011 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player BitmapData applyFilter integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 41010 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 41009 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 41008 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 41007 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 41006 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player Primetime MediaPlayerItemLoader QOSProvider object use aft...
RuleID : 41005 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player Primetime MediaPlayerItemLoader QOSProvider object use aft...
RuleID : 41004 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 41003 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player Primetime SDK out of bounds read attempt
RuleID : 41002 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 41001 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 41000 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player NetConnection proxyType invalid value out of bounds read a...
RuleID : 40999 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player NetConnection proxyType invalid value out of bounds read a...
RuleID : 40998 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-FLASH
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 40997 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE
2017-01-12 Adobe Flash Player ActionScript vulnerable RegExp verb usage detected
RuleID : 40996 - Revision : 2 - Type : INDICATOR-COMPROMISE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-11 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-17.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-16 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1484.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2947.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-14 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3148-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-13 Name : The remote Windows host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by mu...
File : flash_player_apsb16-39.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-13 Name : The remote macOS or Mac OS X host has a browser plugin installed that is affe...
File : macosx_flash_player_apsb16-39.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-13 Name : The remote Windows host has a browser plugin installed that is affected by mu...
File : smb_nt_ms16-154.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-01-07 09:27:36
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-15 13:25:11
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-14 17:24:01
  • First insertion