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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2015-2697-01 Critical Flash Plugin DoS

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Calendar Grey December 29, 2015
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Urgent patch announced for flash-plugin on Red Hat Linux addresses various vulnerabilities. Update advised to maintain system integrity.
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 APSB16-01 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-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8644, CVE-2015-8645, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2015-8651)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.559.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat critical update Flash Plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8459 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8460 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8634 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8635 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8636 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8638 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8640 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8641 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8642 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8643 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8644 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8645 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8646 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8647 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8648 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8649 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8650 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8651 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.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-2015:2697-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2697.html
Issue date: 2015-12-29

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 security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat critical update 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

1294580 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01

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