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RedHat: RHSA-2013:0574-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2013
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Essential Adobe Flash Player patch resolves various vulnerabilities for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes three 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/knowledge/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 in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-08, listed in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2013-0504, CVE-2013-0648)
This update also fixes a permissions issue with the Adobe Flash Player Firefox sandbox. (CVE-2013-0643)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.273.

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Topics Covered

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

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0504 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0643 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0648 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.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-2013:0574-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0574.html
Issue date: 2013-02-27

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes three security issues isnow available 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 update critical code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

915961 - CVE-2013-0504 CVE-2013-0648 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-08)

915964 - CVE-2013-0643 flash-plugin: Firefox sandbox permissions issue (APSB13-08)

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