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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2015:1184-01 Critical: Flash-Plugin Code Exec

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synop
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.

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.
A flaw was found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF content. An attacker could use this flaw 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-2015-3113)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.468.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update software fix flash-plugin Adobe Flash

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3113 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.468-1.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-2015:1184-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1184.html
Issue date: 2015-06-24

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical update software fix flash-plugin Adobe Flash

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

1235036 - CVE-2015-3113 flash-plugin: code execution issue fixed in APSB15-14

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