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Red Hat: 2015:1603-01 Critical: Flash Player Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important notice regarding flash-plugin addresses various vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Prompt response advised.
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 APSB15-19 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-2015-5127, CVE-2015-5128, CVE-2015-5129, CVE-2015-5130, CVE-2015-5131, CVE-2015-5132, CVE-2015-5133, CVE-2015-5134, CVE-2015-5539, CVE-2015-5540, CVE-2015-5541, CVE-2015-5544, CVE-2015-5545, CVE-2015-5546, CVE-2015-5547, CVE-2015-5548, CVE-2015-5549, CVE-2015-5550, CVE-2015-5551, CVE-2015-5552, CVE-2015-5553, CVE-2015-5554, CVE-2015-5555, CVE-2015-5556, CVE-2015-5557, CVE-2015-5558, CVE-2015-5559, CVE-2015-5560, CVE-2015-5561, CVE-2015-5562, CVE-2015-5563, CVE-2015-5564)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.508.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat update critical code execution flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5127 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5128 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5129 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5131 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5132 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5133 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5134 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5539 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5540 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5541 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5544 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5545 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5546 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5547 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5548 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5549 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5550 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5551 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5552 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5553 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5554 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5555 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5556 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.508-1.el6_7.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-2015:1603-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1603.html
Issue date: 2015-08-12

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 update critical 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

1252697 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB15-19)

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