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Red Hat: RHSA-2016-1423 Critical: Flash-Plugin Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2016
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Urgent security patch for flash-plugin impacting supplementary versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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 11.2.202.632.
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-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177, CVE-2016-4178, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, CVE-2016-4232, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, CVE-2016-4246, CVE-2016-4247, CVE-2016-4248, CVE-2016-4249)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux flash-plugin Adobe Flash Player

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4172 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4173 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4174 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4175 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4176 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4177 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4178 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4179 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4180 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4181 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4182 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4183 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4184 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4185 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4186 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4187 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4188 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4189 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4190 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4217 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4218 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4219 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4220 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4221 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.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-2016:1423-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423
Issue date: 2016-07-13

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 code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux flash-plugin Adobe 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

1355971 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25

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