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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:2947-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Security Update

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An update for flash-plugin is now available for 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 24.0.0.186.
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-2016-7867, CVE-2016-7868, CVE-2016-7869, CVE-2016-7870, CVE-2016-7871, CVE-2016-7872, CVE-2016-7873, CVE-2016-7874, CVE-2016-7875, CVE-2016-7876, CVE-2016-7877, CVE-2016-7878, CVE-2016-7879, CVE-2016-7880, CVE-2016-7881, CVE-2016-7890, CVE-2016-7892)

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7867 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7868 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7869 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7870 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7871 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7872 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7873 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7874 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7875 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7876 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7877 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7878 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7879 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7880 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7881 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7890 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7892 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.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-2016:2947-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2947.html
Issue date: 2016-12-14

Topic

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Supplementary.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 security update red hat critical flash player

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - 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

1404307 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39

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