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RedHat: RHSA-2018-1827-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Arbitrary Code Execution

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Essential patch for Flash plugin boosts safety for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with important updates.
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 30.0.0.113.
Security Fix(es):
* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19) (CVE-2018-4945)
* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19) (CVE-2018-5002)
* flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerabilities (APSB18-19) (CVE-2018-5000, CVE-2018-5001)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux critical severity flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4945 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5000 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5001 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5002 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-30.0.0.113-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-30.0.0.113-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-30.0.0.113-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-30.0.0.113-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-30.0.0.113-1.el6_9.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-30.0.0.113-1.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-2018:1827-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827
Issue date: 2018-06-11

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 security update arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

1588500 - CVE-2018-4945 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19)

1588501 - CVE-2018-5002 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19)

1588502 - CVE-2018-5000 CVE-2018-5001 flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerabilities (APSB18-19)

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