openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (openSUSE-SU-2014:1444-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79324

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

flash-player was updated to version 11.2.202.418 to fix 18 security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

- Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, CVE-2014-8440, CVE-2014-8441).

- Use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-0573, CVE-2014-0588, CVE-2014-8438).

- A double free vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-0574).

- Type confusion vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-0577, CVE-2014-0584, CVE-2014-0585, CVE-2014-0586, CVE-2014-0590).

- Heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2014-0582, CVE-2014-0589).

- An information disclosure vulnerability that could be exploited to disclose session tokens (CVE-2014-8437).

- A heap buffer overflow vulnerability that could be exploited to perform privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (CVE-2014-0583).

- A permission issue that could be exploited to perform privilege escalation from low to medium integrity level (CVE-2014-8442).

Solution

Update the affected flash-player packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79324

File Name: openSUSE-2014-683.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flash-player, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flash-player-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flash-player-kde4, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player UncompressViaZlibVariant Uninitialized Memory)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0573, CVE-2014-0574, CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0577, CVE-2014-0581, CVE-2014-0582, CVE-2014-0583, CVE-2014-0584, CVE-2014-0585, CVE-2014-0586, CVE-2014-0588, CVE-2014-0589, CVE-2014-0590, CVE-2014-8437, CVE-2014-8438, CVE-2014-8440, CVE-2014-8441, CVE-2014-8442

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