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Flash Player for Mac <= 14.0.0.145 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB14-18)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 77174

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Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a browser plugin that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the instance of Flash Player installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 14.0.0.145. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A use-after-free error exists that allows code execution. (CVE-2014-0538)

 - An unspecified security bypass error exists.
 (CVE-2014-0541)

 - Multiple errors exist related to memory leaks that can be used to bypass memory address randomization.
 (CVE-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, CVE-2014-0545)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Flash Player version 14.0.0.176 or later.

Alternatively, Adobe has made version 13.0.0.241 available for those installations that cannot be upgraded to 14.x.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-18.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cb17c10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 77174

File Name: macosx_flash_player_14_0_0_176.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/12/2014

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0545

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:flash_player

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Flash_Player/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0538, CVE-2014-0540, CVE-2014-0541, CVE-2014-0542, CVE-2014-0543, CVE-2014-0544, CVE-2014-0545, CVE-2014-5333

BID: 69190, 69191, 69192, 69194, 69195, 69196, 69197, 69320