Issued:
2016-07-13
Updated:
2016-07-13

RHSA-2016:1423 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: flash-plugin security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Supplementary and 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 11.2.202.632.

Security Fix(es):

  • This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These
    vulnerabilities, 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-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4175,
    CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177, CVE-2016-4178, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180,
    CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185,
    CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190,
    CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221,
    CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225, CVE-2016-4226,
    CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231,
    CVE-2016-4232, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236,
    CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241,
    CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, CVE-2016-4246,
    CVE-2016-4247, CVE-2016-4248, CVE-2016-4249)

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 1355971 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: c53a83980620c91bcd1eaf1c93a062b82abc5cb8bccf4b72c3aff2a3126b3251
i386
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: c53a83980620c91bcd1eaf1c93a062b82abc5cb8bccf4b72c3aff2a3126b3251

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcb8e80de761ce3b1aa1f578900d000d52e8b0d7331eed0a9fb0b6939adefedf
i386
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcb8e80de761ce3b1aa1f578900d000d52e8b0d7331eed0a9fb0b6939adefedf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: c53a83980620c91bcd1eaf1c93a062b82abc5cb8bccf4b72c3aff2a3126b3251
i386
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: c53a83980620c91bcd1eaf1c93a062b82abc5cb8bccf4b72c3aff2a3126b3251

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcb8e80de761ce3b1aa1f578900d000d52e8b0d7331eed0a9fb0b6939adefedf
i386
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcb8e80de761ce3b1aa1f578900d000d52e8b0d7331eed0a9fb0b6939adefedf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: c53a83980620c91bcd1eaf1c93a062b82abc5cb8bccf4b72c3aff2a3126b3251
i386
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el6_8.i686.rpm SHA-256: c53a83980620c91bcd1eaf1c93a062b82abc5cb8bccf4b72c3aff2a3126b3251

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
x86_64
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcb8e80de761ce3b1aa1f578900d000d52e8b0d7331eed0a9fb0b6939adefedf
i386
flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm SHA-256: dcb8e80de761ce3b1aa1f578900d000d52e8b0d7331eed0a9fb0b6939adefedf

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