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Red Hat 5 & 6: RHSA-2012:0434-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Threat

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2012
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Imperative warning issued for Red Hat addressing the flash-plugin vulnerability that could result in potential unauthorized code execution.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes one vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability is detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-07, listed in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim loads a page containing the specially-crafted SWF content. (CVE-2012-0773)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.3.183.18.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0773 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.18-1.el6.i686.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0434-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0434.html
Issue date: 2012-03-29

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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security advisory security update red hat critical arbitrary code execution security patch flash-plugin

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

807707 - CVE-2012-0773 flash-plugin: arbitrary code execution via memory corruption flaw in NetStream class (APSB12-07)

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