- Issued:
- 2016-12-14
- Updated:
- 2016-12-14
RHSA-2016:2947 - 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 24.0.0.186.
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-2016-7867, CVE-2016-7868, CVE-2016-7869, CVE-2016-7870, CVE-2016-7871, CVE-2016-7872, CVE-2016-7873, CVE-2016-7874, CVE-2016-7875, CVE-2016-7876, CVE-2016-7877, CVE-2016-7878, CVE-2016-7879, CVE-2016-7880, CVE-2016-7881, CVE-2016-7890, CVE-2016-7892)
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 - 1404307 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39
CVEs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2f0c4e7ec7805b9edcf4fb403f83b4fee4a08e4b60dfc85dd103b01224ea289f |
i386 | |
flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2f0c4e7ec7805b9edcf4fb403f83b4fee4a08e4b60dfc85dd103b01224ea289f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2f0c4e7ec7805b9edcf4fb403f83b4fee4a08e4b60dfc85dd103b01224ea289f |
i386 | |
flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2f0c4e7ec7805b9edcf4fb403f83b4fee4a08e4b60dfc85dd103b01224ea289f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
x86_64 | |
flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2f0c4e7ec7805b9edcf4fb403f83b4fee4a08e4b60dfc85dd103b01224ea289f |
i386 | |
flash-plugin-24.0.0.186-1.el6_8.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2f0c4e7ec7805b9edcf4fb403f83b4fee4a08e4b60dfc85dd103b01224ea289f |
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