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Red Hat 6: RHSA-2015:2023-01 Critical: Flash Player Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2015
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Essential security patch released for flash-addon on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Addresses various vulnerabilities with significant risk.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 APSB15-28 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-2015-7651, CVE-2015-7652, CVE-2015-7653, CVE-2015-7654, CVE-2015-7655, CVE-2015-7656, CVE-2015-7657, CVE-2015-7658, CVE-2015-7659, CVE-2015-7660, CVE-2015-7661, CVE-2015-7662, CVE-2015-7663, CVE-2015-8042, CVE-2015-8043, CVE-2015-8044, CVE-2015-8046)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.548.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7651 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7652 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7655 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7657 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7658 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7659 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7660 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7661 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7662 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7663 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8042 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8043 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8044 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8046 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.548-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.548-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.548-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.548-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.548-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.548-1.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-2015:2023-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2023.html
Issue date: 2015-11-11

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issuesis now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 update red hat critical code execution flash-plugin

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - 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

1280062 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-28

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