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Red Hat 5 & 6: RHSA-2016-0438-01 Critical Flash Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2016
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The latest version of Adobe Flash Player resolves significant vulnerabilities affecting users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
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 APSB16-08 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-2016-0960, CVE-2016-0961, CVE-2016-0962, CVE-2016-0963, CVE-2016-0986, CVE-2016-0987, CVE-2016-0988, CVE-2016-0989, CVE-2016-0990, CVE-2016-0991, CVE-2016-0992, CVE-2016-0993, CVE-2016-0994, CVE-2016-0995, CVE-2016-0996, CVE-2016-0997, CVE-2016-0998, CVE-2016-0999, CVE-2016-1000, CVE-2016-1001, CVE-2016-1002, CVE-2016-1005, CVE-2016-1010)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.577.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0960 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0961 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0962 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0963 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0986 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0987 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0988 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0989 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0990 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0991 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0992 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0993 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0994 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0995 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0996 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0997 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0998 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0999 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1001 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1002 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1005 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1010 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.577-1.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-2016:0438-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0438.html
Issue date: 2016-03-11

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 red hat critical code execution 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

1316809 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-08

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