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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.2463
Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
22 September 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Adobe Flash Player
Adobe AIR
Publisher: Adobe
Operating System: Windows
Mac OS
Linux variants
Android
Apple iOS
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-6682 CVE-2015-6679 CVE-2015-6678
CVE-2015-6677 CVE-2015-6676 CVE-2015-5588
CVE-2015-5587 CVE-2015-5584 CVE-2015-5582
CVE-2015-5581 CVE-2015-5580 CVE-2015-5579
CVE-2015-5578 CVE-2015-5577 CVE-2015-5576
CVE-2015-5575 CVE-2015-5574 CVE-2015-5573
CVE-2015-5572 CVE-2015-5571 CVE-2015-5570
CVE-2015-5568 CVE-2015-5567
Original Bulletin:
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-23.html
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Adobe Security Bulletin
Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Release date: September 21, 2015
Vulnerability identifier: APSB15-23
Priority: See table below
CVE number: CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5568, CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5571,
CVE-2015-5572, CVE-2015-5573, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5576,
CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5579, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5581,
CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5584, CVE-2015-5587, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6676,
CVE-2015-6677, CVE-2015-6678, CVE-2015-6679, CVE-2015-6682
Platform: All Platforms
Summary
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player. These updates
address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to
take control of the affected system.
Affected Versions
Product Affected Versions Platform
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 18.0.0.232 and earlier Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release 18.0.0.232 and earlier Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome 18.0.0.233 and earlier Windows, Macintosh, Linux and ChromeOS
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and
Internet Explorer 11 18.0.0.232 and earlier Windows 10
Adobe Flash Player for Internet
Explorer 10 and 11 18.0.0.232 and earlier Windows 8.0 and 8.1
Adobe Flash Player for Linux 11.2.202.508 and earlier Linux
AIR Desktop Runtime 18.0.0.199 and earlier Windows and Macintosh
AIR SDK 18.0.0.199 and earlier Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS
AIR SDK & Compiler 18.0.0.180 and earlier Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS
AIR for Android 18.0.0.143 and earlier Android
To verify the version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your system,
access the About Flash Player page, or right-click on content running in Flash
Player and select "About Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash Player" from the menu. If
you use multiple browsers, perform the check for each browser you have
installed on your system.
To verify the version of Adobe AIR installed on your system, follow the
instructions in the Adobe AIR TechNote.
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and
recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
Product Updated Versions Platform Priority Availability
Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime 19.0.0.185 Windows and Macintosh 1 Flash Player Download Center
Flash Player Distribution
Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release 18.0.0.241 Windows and Macintosh 1 Extended Support
Adobe Flash Player for Google Chrome 19.0.0.185 Windows, Macintosh, Linux and ChromeOS 1 Google Chrome Releases
Adobe Flash Player for Microsoft Edge and
Internet Explorer 11 19.0.0.185 Windows 10 1 Microsoft Security Advisory
Adobe Flash Player for Internet
Explorer 10 and 11 19.0.0.185 Windows 8.0 and 8.1 1 Microsoft Security Advisory
Adobe Flash Player for Linux 11.2.202.521 Linux 3 Flash Player Download Center
AIR Desktop Runtime 19.0.0.190 Windows and Macintosh 3 AIR Download Center
AIR SDK 19.0.0.190 Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS 3 AIR SDK Download
AIR SDK & Compiler 19.0.0.190 Windows, Macintosh, Android and iOS 3 AIR SDK
Download
AIR for Android 19.0.0.190 Android 3 Google Play
Adobe recommends users of the Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime for
Windows and Macintosh update to Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.185 by visiting the
Adobe Flash Player Download Center or via the update mechanism within the
product when prompted [1].
Adobe recommends users of the Adobe Flash Player Extended Support Release
update to version 18.0.0.241 by visiting
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html.
Adobe recommends users of the Adobe Flash Player for Linux update to Adobe
Flash Player 11.2.202.521 by visiting the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.
Adobe Flash Player installed with Google Chrome will be automatically
updated to the latest Google Chrome version, which will include Adobe Flash
Player 19.0.0.185 on Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Chrome OS.
Adobe Flash Player installed with Microsoft Edge for Windows 10 will be
automatically updated to the latest version, which will include Adobe Flash
Player 19.0.0.185.
Adobe Flash Player installed with Internet Explorer 10 and 11 for Windows
8.0 and 8.1 will be automatically updated to the latest version, which will
include Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.185.
Adobe recommends users of the AIR desktop runtime, AIR SDK and AIR SDK &
Compiler update to version 19.0.0.190 by visiting the AIR download center or
the AIR developer center.
Adobe recommends users of AIR for Android update to version 19.0.0.190 by
visiting the Google Play Store.
Please visit the Flash Player Help page for assistance in installing Flash
Player.
[1] Users of Flash Player 11.2.x or later for Windows, or Flash Player 11.3.x
or later for Macintosh, who have selected the option to 'Allow Adobe to
install updates' will receive the update automatically. Users who do not have
the 'Allow Adobe to install updates' option enabled can install the update via
the update mechanism within the product when prompted.
Vulnerability Details
These updates resolve a type confusion vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2015-5573).
These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5584,
CVE-2015-6682).
These updates resolve buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6678).
These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5580,
CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6677).
These updates include additional validation checks to ensure that Flash
Player rejects malicious content from vulnerable JSONP callback APIs
(CVE-2015-5571).
These updates resolve a memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2015-5576).
These updates include further hardening to a mitigation to defend against
vector length corruptions (CVE-2015-5568).
These updates resolve stack corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5579).
These updates resolve a stack overflow vulnerability that could lead to
code execution (CVE-2015-5587).
These updates resolve a security bypass vulnerability that could lead to
information disclosure (CVE-2015-5572).
These updates resolve a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass
the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-6679).
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for
reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our
customers:
Ben Hayak (CVE-2015-5571)
Jing Chen Liu of Alibaba Security Research Team (CVE-2015-5587)
Malte Batram (CVE-2015-6679)
Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero (CVE-2015-5574)
Chris Evans, Ben Hawkes and Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Project Zero
(CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5576, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5579,
CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5584)
instruder of Alibaba Security Threat intelligence centers (CVE-2015-5573,
CVE-2015-6677)
Keen Team working with HP's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2015-6678)
bilou working with HP's Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2015-5570)
bilou (CVE-2015-5567)
James Forshaw of Google Project Zero (CVE-2015-5568)
Kai Kang ofTencent'sXuanwuLab (CVE-2015-5581)
Alexey Rekish of AddReality (CVE-2015-5572)
LMX of Qihoo 360 (CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6676)
Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team working with Google's Chrome Rewards
Program (CVE-2015-6682)
Revisions
September 21, 2015: Updated the credit for CVE-2015-6682 from Chris Evans to
Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team.
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