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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2017-0057-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2017
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Essential patch release for Red Hat flash-plugin addresses various vulnerabilities, including potential code execution hazards. Update immediately.
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 24.0.0.194.
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-2017-2925, CVE-2017-2926, CVE-2017-2927, CVE-2017-2928, CVE-2017-2930, CVE-2017-2931, CVE-2017-2932, CVE-2017-2933, CVE-2017-2934, CVE-2017-2935, CVE-2017-2936, CVE-2017-2937, CVE-2017-2938)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat critical code execution security fix flash plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2925 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2926 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2927 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2928 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2930 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2931 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2932 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2933 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2934 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2935 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2936 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2937 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2938 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.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-2017:0057-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0057.html
Issue date: 2017-01-11

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 update red hat critical code execution security fix flash plugin

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

1411929 - CVE-2017-2925 CVE-2017-2926 CVE-2017-2927 CVE-2017-2928 CVE-2017-2930 CVE-2017-2931 CVE-2017-2932 CVE-2017-2933 CVE-2017-2934 CVE-2017-2935 CVE-2017-2936 CVE-2017-2937 CVE-2017-2938 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-02

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