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Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHSA-2014:0289-01 Moderate: Adobe Flash Plugin Fix

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An update for the Adobe Flash Player package on Red Hat distributions addresses two moderate vulnerabilities. It is advised to perform the upgrade!
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues 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/site/articles/11258

Summary

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB14-08, listed in the References section.
A vulnerability was reported that could be used to bypass the same origin policy. (CVE-2014-0503)
A vulnerability was reported that could be used to read the contents of the clipboard. (CVE-2014-0504)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.346.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat Enterprise flash-plugin Adobe Flash plug-in

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0503 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0504 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.346-1.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


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0289-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0289.html
Issue date: 2014-03-12

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat Enterprise flash-plugin Adobe Flash plug-in

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

1075250 - CVE-2014-0503 flash-plugin: same origin policy bypass (APSB14-08)

1075252 - CVE-2014-0504 flash-plugin: exposure of clipboard contents (APSB14-08)

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