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Red Hat Enterprise Linux flash-plugin Critical Update RHSA-2012:0359-01 CVE-2012-0768 CVE-2012-0769

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2012
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An important Adobe Flash Player update addressing two critical security flaws for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two 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.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at 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 two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-05, listed in the References section.
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 specially-crafted SWF content. (CVE-2012-0768)
A flaw in flash-plugin could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially-crafted web page. (CVE-2012-0769)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.3.183.16.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update information disclosure RHEL flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0768 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0769 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.16-1.el6.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#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0359-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0359.html
Issue date: 2012-03-06

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update information disclosure RHEL 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

800160 - CVE-2012-0768 flash-plugin: code execution flaw (APSB12-05)

800182 - CVE-2012-0769 flash-plugin: information disclosure flaw (APSB12-05)

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