Adobe security alert.

January 13, 2015

Advisory overview

Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in the Enterprise TruRisk Platform to protect organizations against 9 vulnerabilities that were fixed in 1 bulletins announced today by Adobe. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their Qualys subscription. Visit Qualys Security Blog to prioritize remediation.

Non-Qualys customers can audit their network for these and other vulnerabilities by signing up for a Qualys Free Trial, or by trying Qualys Community Edition.

Vulnerability details

Adobe has released 1 security bulletins to fix newly discovered flaws in their software. Qualys has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

  • Adobe Flash Player and AIR Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB15-01)

    Severity
    Urgent 5
    Qualys ID
    123140
    Vendor Reference
    APSB15-01
    CVE Reference
    CVE-2015-0301, CVE-2015-0302, CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0304, CVE-2015-0305, CVE-2015-0306, CVE-2015-0307, CVE-2015-0308, CVE-2015-0309
    CVSS Scores
    Base 10 / Temporal 8.3
    Description
    Adobe Flash Player is a multimedia application for multiple platforms. Adobe Flash Player updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

    Affected Software:
    Adobe Flash Player 16.0.0.235 and earlier versions
    Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.259 and earlier 13.x versions
    Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.425 and earlier versions for Linux
    Adobe Air 15.0.0.356 and earlier versions

    Consequence
    A remote attacker could take control of a vulnerable system.
    Solution
    Please refer to Adobe advisory APSB15-01 for updates.

    Patches:
    The following are links for downloading patches to fix these vulnerabilities:
    APSB15-01(Adobe Flash Player)

These new vulnerability checks are included in Qualys vulnerability signature 2.2.911-3. Each Qualys account is automatically updated with the latest vulnerability signatures as they become available. To view the vulnerability signature version in your account, from the Qualys Help menu, select the About tab.

Selective Scan Instructions Using Qualys

To perform a selective vulnerability scan, configure a scan profile to use the following options:

  1. Ensure access to TCP ports 135 and 139 are available.
  2. Enable Windows Authentication (specify Authentication Records).
  3. Enable the following Qualys IDs:
    • 123140
  4. If you would like the scan to return the Windows Hostname, also include QID 82044 and ensure access to UDP port 137 is available.
  5. If you would like to be notified if Qualys is unable to log on to a host (if Authentication fails), also include QID 105015.

In addition, prior to running a scan for these new vulnerabilities, you can estimate your exposure to these new threats by running the Risk Analysis Report, available from the Qualys Vulnerability Management Reports tab.

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