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Calendar Grey September 22, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Adobe Flash Player security patch for Red Hat addressing severe vulnerabilities classified by Product Security.
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, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-23 listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2015-5567, CVE-2015-5568, CVE-2015-5570, CVE-2015-5571, CVE-2015-5572, CVE-2015-5573, CVE-2015-5574, CVE-2015-5575, CVE-2015-5576, CVE-2015-5577, CVE-2015-5578, CVE-2015-5579, CVE-2015-5580, CVE-2015-5581, CVE-2015-5582, CVE-2015-5584, CVE-2015-5587, CVE-2015-5588, CVE-2015-6676, CVE-2015-6677, CVE-2015-6678, CVE-2015-6679, CVE-2015-6682)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.521.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical software patch flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5567 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5568 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5570 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5571 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5572 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5573 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5574 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5575 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5576 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5577 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5578 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5579 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5580 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5581 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5582 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5584 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5587 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5588 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6676 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6677 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6678 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6679 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6682 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.521-1.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-2015:1814-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1814.html
Issue date: 2015-09-22

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 update red hat critical software patch 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

1264992 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-23

1265121 - flash-plugin: information leaks and hardening bypass fixed in APSB15-23

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