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Red Hat: 2015:1214-01 Critical: Flash-Plugin Code Execution Issues

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2015
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The recent security bulletin from Red Hat highlights various vulnerabilities in the flash-plugin for 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.

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 APSB15-16 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-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4429, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-4431, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-4433, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-5118, CVE-2015-5119)
Multiple security bypass flaws were found in flash-plugin that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3114, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-5116)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.481.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0578 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3114 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3115 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3116 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3117 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3118 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3119 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3120 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3121 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3122 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3123 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3124 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3125 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3126 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3127 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3128 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3131 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3132 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3133 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3134 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3135 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3136 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.el6_6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.481-1.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-2015:1214-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1214.html
Issue date: 2015-07-08

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 security issue red hat critical software update code execution 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

1240832 - CVE-2015-5119 flash-plugin: code execution issue in APSA15-03 / APSB15-16

1241171 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-16

1241173 - flash-plugin: information disclosure issues fixed in APSB15-16

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