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Red Hat: RHSA-2017-0526-01 Critical Flash-Plugin Code Execution

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A security update on Flash plugin for Red Hat addresses significant flaws affecting Linux environments and various software applications.
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 25.0.0.127.
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-2017-2997, CVE-2017-2998, CVE-2017-2999, CVE-2017-3000, CVE-2017-3001, CVE-2017-3002, CVE-2017-3003)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue red hat software update code execution critical severity flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2997 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2998 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2999 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3000 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3001 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3002 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3003 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-25.0.0.127-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-25.0.0.127-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-25.0.0.127-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-25.0.0.127-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-25.0.0.127-1.el6_8.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-25.0.0.127-1.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-2017:0526-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0526.html
Issue date: 2017-03-15

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 issue red hat software update code execution critical severity 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

1432200 - CVE-2017-2997 CVE-2017-2998 CVE-2017-2999 CVE-2017-3000 CVE-2017-3001 CVE-2017-3002 CVE-2017-3003 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-07

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