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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2019-1476-01 Critical: Flash-Plugin Threat

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Calendar Grey June 17, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This critical update addresses the weak point in the flash-plugin for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Ensure you apply this 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 32.0.0.207.
Security Fix(es):
* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB19-30) (CVE-2019-7845)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

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

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7845 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-32.0.0.207-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-32.0.0.207-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-32.0.0.207-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-32.0.0.207-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-32.0.0.207-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-32.0.0.207-1.el6_10.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-2019:1476-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1476
Issue date: 2019-06-17

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 critical arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

1719449 - CVE-2019-7845 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB19-30)

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