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

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

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Synopsis:          Critical: flash-plugin security update
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
CVE Names:         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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1. Summary:

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. 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

3. Description:

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)

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

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

6. 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

7. 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
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4222
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4223
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4224
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4225
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4226
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4227
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4228
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4229
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4230
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4231
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4232
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4233
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4234
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4235
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4236
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4237
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4238
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4239
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4240
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4241
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4242
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4243
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4244
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4245
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4246
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4247
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4248
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4249
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

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

red hat

July 13, 2016

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)

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
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Severity

critical

Lowest

Low

Medium

High

Critical

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.

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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