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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:0496-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2014
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Adobe Flash Player has undergone a significant revision addressing several vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple 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 multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB14-14, listed in the References section.
Multiple flaws were found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2014-0510, CVE-2014-0517, CVE-2014-0518, CVE-2014-0519, CVE-2014-0520)
A flaw in flash-plugin could allow an attacker to bypass the same-origin policy. (CVE-2014-0516)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.359.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update security impact Flash Player

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0510 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0516 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0517 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0518 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0519 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0520 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.359-1.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-2014:0496-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0496.html
Issue date: 2014-05-14

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issuesis now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Criticalsecurity 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 security issue arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update security impact Flash Player

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

1081615 - CVE-2014-0510 flash-plugin: use-after-free flaw leads to arbitrary code execution

1097369 - CVE-2014-0517 CVE-2014-0518 CVE-2014-0519 CVE-2014-0520 flash-plugin: security protection bypass (APSB14-14)

1097372 - CVE-2014-0516 flash-plugin: same origin policy bypass (APSB14-14)

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