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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2015:0813-01 Critical Flash-Plugin Update

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2015
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Vital Adobe Flash Player patch issued for Red Hat to tackle various vulnerabilities. Crucial for safeguarding your system.
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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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 APSB15-06 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-2015-0346, CVE-2015-0347, CVE-2015-0348, CVE-2015-0349, CVE-2015-0350, CVE-2015-0351, CVE-2015-0352, CVE-2015-0353, CVE-2015-0354, CVE-2015-0355, CVE-2015-0356, CVE-2015-0358, CVE-2015-0359, CVE-2015-0360, CVE-2015-3038, CVE-2015-3039, CVE-2015-3041, CVE-2015-3042, CVE-2015-3043)
A security bypass flaw was found in flash-plugin that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2015-3044)
Two memory information leak flaws were found in flash-plugin that could allow an attacker to potentially bypass ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) protection, and make it easier to exploit other flaws. (CVE-2015-0357, CVE-2015-3040)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.457.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux software upgrade critical update security issues flash-plugin exploitation prevention

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0346 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0347 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0348 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0349 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0350 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0351 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0352 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0353 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0354 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0355 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0356 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0357 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0358 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0359 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0360 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3038 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3039 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3040 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3041 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3042 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3043 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3044 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.457-1.el6_6.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0813-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0813.html
Issue date: 2015-04-15

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issuesis now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux software upgrade critical update security issues flash-plugin exploitation prevention

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

1211869 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-06

1211894 - CVE-2015-3044 flash-plugin: security bypass leading to information disclosure (APSB15-06)

1211898 - CVE-2015-0357 CVE-2015-3040 flash-plugin: information leaks leading to ASLR bypass (APSB15-06)

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