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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-player (SUSE-SU-2015:1255-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 84875
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
flash-player was updated to fix two security issues.These security issues were fixed :
- CVE-2015-5123: Use-after-free vulnerability in the BitmapData class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that overrides a valueOf function (bsc#937752).
- CVE-2015-5122: Use-after-free vulnerability in the DisplayObject class in the ActionScript 3 (AS3) implementation in Adobe Flash Player allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted Flash content that leverages improper handling of the opaqueBackground property (bsc#937752).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-323=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-323=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=937752
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5122/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 84875
File Name: suse_SU-2015-1255-1.nasl
Version: 2.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/20/2015
Updated: 4/22/2022
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:flash-player-gnome, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:flash-player
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2015
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/4/2022
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Adobe Flash opaqueBackground Use After Free)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-5122, CVE-2015-5123