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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6: RHSA-2014:0447-01 Critical Flash Threat

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential flash-plugin patch released for Red Hat addressing vulnerability CVE-2014-0515. Urgent installation advised.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue 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/site/articles/11258

Summary

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes one vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability is detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB14-13, 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 malicious SWF content. (CVE-2014-0515)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.356.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical update security impact red hat enterprise flash player

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0515 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.356-1.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-2014:0447-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0447.html
Issue date: 2014-04-29

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue 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. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical update security impact red hat enterprise flash player

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

1092116 - CVE-2014-0515 flash-plugin: buffer overflow vulnerability leads to arbitrary code execution (APSB14-13)

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