Synopsis
Critical: flash-plugin security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.
Description
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash
Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These
vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB14-24,
listed in the References section.
Multiple flaws were found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF
content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted
SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF
content. (CVE-2014-0573, CVE-2014-0574, CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0577,
CVE-2014-0581, CVE-2014-0582, CVE-2014-0584, CVE-2014-0585, CVE-2014-0586,
CVE-2014-0588, CVE-2014-0589, CVE-2014-0590, CVE-2014-8438, CVE-2014-8440,
CVE-2014-8441)
This update also fixes an information disclosure flaw in flash-plugin that
could allow a remote attacker to obtain a victim's session cookie.
(CVE-2014-8437)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which
upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.418.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 1162911 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB14-24)
- BZ - 1162912 - CVE-2014-8437 flash-plugin: information disclosure leading to session token leak (APSB14-24)
CVEs
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el5.i386.rpm
|
SHA-256: a49f1a1d4767b6c9e6b52c2bdef05a227d9f81e9f1cff40505435b5ea409419b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
| i386 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6
| SRPM |
| x86_64 |
|
flash-plugin-11.2.202.418-1.el6.i686.rpm
|
SHA-256: c43103ac59b167d5f5155d3f5f148010ce3318cf16c7fe79a042368556e5b0e7 |