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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:0610-01 Critical Flash-Plugin Security Update

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2016
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An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, 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 upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.616.
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin 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-2016-1006, CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1012, CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1014, CVE-2016-1015, CVE-2016-1016, CVE-2016-1017, CVE-2016-1018, CVE-2016-1019, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022, CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027, CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1030, CVE-2016-1031, CVE-2016-1032, CVE-2016-1033)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise software package flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1006 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1011 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1012 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1013 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1014 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1015 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1016 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1017 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1018 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1019 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1020 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1021 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1022 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1023 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1024 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1025 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1026 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1027 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1028 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1029 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1030 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1031 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1032 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1033 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.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-2016:0610-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0610.html
Issue date: 2016-04-08

Topic

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical security fix Red Hat Enterprise software package 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

1324353 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-10

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