- Issued:
- 2017-10-17
- Updated:
- 2017-10-17
RHSA-2017:2899 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Critical: flash-plugin security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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)
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 1502726 - CVE-2017-11292 flash-plugin: remote code execution vulnerability (APSB17-32)
CVEs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
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x86_64 | |
flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5a13d4a868f2204d47e1d5b5d4e03e11ec62846b028ed8ffdd5b620a75755c14 |
i386 | |
flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5a13d4a868f2204d47e1d5b5d4e03e11ec62846b028ed8ffdd5b620a75755c14 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5a13d4a868f2204d47e1d5b5d4e03e11ec62846b028ed8ffdd5b620a75755c14 |
i386 | |
flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5a13d4a868f2204d47e1d5b5d4e03e11ec62846b028ed8ffdd5b620a75755c14 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5a13d4a868f2204d47e1d5b5d4e03e11ec62846b028ed8ffdd5b620a75755c14 |
i386 | |
flash-plugin-27.0.0.170-1.el6_9.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5a13d4a868f2204d47e1d5b5d4e03e11ec62846b028ed8ffdd5b620a75755c14 |
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