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Red Hat 6 RHSA-2017:2899-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Remote Code Execution

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Urgent patch for the Flash plugin mitigates a major vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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 27.0.0.170.
Security Fix(es):
* This update fixes one vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability, 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-2017-11292)

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

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11292 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.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-2017:2899-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2899
Issue date: 2017-10-17

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 remote 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

1502726 - CVE-2017-11292 flash-plugin: remote code execution vulnerability (APSB17-32)

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