Adobe AIR for Mac <= 18.0.0.180 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-16)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 85327

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has a version of Adobe AIR installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the installation of Adobe AIR on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to 18.0.0.180. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Multiple type confusion errors exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5558, CVE-2015-5562)

- An unspecified vulnerability exists related to vector length corruptions. (CVE-2015-5125)

- Multiple user-after-free errors exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-3107, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5564, CVE-2015-5565, CVE-2015-5566)
- Multiple heap buffer overflow conditions exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-5129, CVE-2015-5541)

- Multiple buffer overflow conditions exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5131, CVE-2015-5132, CVE-2015-5133)
- Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5552, CVE-2015-5553)

- An integer overflow condition exists that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5560)

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe AIR 18.0.0.199 or later.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-19.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 85327

File Name: macosx_adobe_air_apsb15-19.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/11/2015

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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-2015-5566

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:air

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Adobe_AIR/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2015

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3107, CVE-2015-5125, CVE-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5129, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5131, CVE-2015-5132, CVE-2015-5133, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5541, CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5552, CVE-2015-5553, CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5558, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5560, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5562, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564, CVE-2015-5565, CVE-2015-5566

BID: 75087, 76282, 76283, 76287, 76288, 76289, 76291