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Red Hat: RHSA-2015-2593-01 critical: flash-plugin code execution

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Calendar Grey December 9, 2015
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Crucial security patch available for Flash Player on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Essential for protecting users against potential vulnerabilities.
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 APSB15-32 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-2015-8045, CVE-2015-8047, CVE-2015-8048, CVE-2015-8049, CVE-2015-8050, CVE-2015-8055, CVE-2015-8056, CVE-2015-8057, CVE-2015-8058, CVE-2015-8059, CVE-2015-8060, CVE-2015-8061, CVE-2015-8062, CVE-2015-8063, CVE-2015-8064, CVE-2015-8065, CVE-2015-8066, CVE-2015-8067, CVE-2015-8068, CVE-2015-8069, CVE-2015-8070, CVE-2015-8071, CVE-2015-8401, CVE-2015-8402, CVE-2015-8403, CVE-2015-8404, CVE-2015-8405, CVE-2015-8406, CVE-2015-8407, CVE-2015-8408, CVE-2015-8409, CVE-2015-8410, CVE-2015-8411, CVE-2015-8412, CVE-2015-8413, CVE-2015-8414, CVE-2015-8415, CVE-2015-8416, CVE-2015-8417, CVE-2015-8418, CVE-2015-8419, CVE-2015-8420, CVE-2015-8421, CVE-2015-8422, CVE-2015-8423, CVE-2015-8424, CVE-2015-8425, CVE-2015-8426, CVE-2015-8427, CVE-2015-8428, CVE-2015-8429, CVE-2015-8430, CVE-2015-8431, CVE-2015-8432, CVE-2015-8433, CVE-2015-8434, CVE-2015-8435, CVE-2015-8436, CVE-2015-8437, CVE-2015-8438, CVE-2015-8439, CVE-2015-8440, CVE-2015-8441, CVE-2015-8442, CVE-2015-8443, CVE-2015-8444, CVE-2015-8445, CVE-2015-8446, CVE-2015-8447, CVE-2015-8448, CVE-2015-8449, CVE-2015-8450, CVE-2015-8451, CVE-2015-8452, CVE-2015-8453, CVE-2015-8454, CVE-2015-8455)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.554.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8045 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8047 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8048 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8049 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8050 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8055 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8056 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8057 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8058 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8059 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8060 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8061 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8062 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8063 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8064 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8065 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8066 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8067 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8068 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8069 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8070 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8071 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8401 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8402 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.554-1.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-2015:2593-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2593.html
Issue date: 2015-12-09

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 critical code execution advisory 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

1289771 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB15-32

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