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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0722-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0722.html
Issue date: 2012-06-12
CVE Names: CVE-2012-2034 CVE-2012-2035 CVE-2012-2036
CVE-2012-2037 CVE-2012-2038 CVE-2012-2039
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1. Summary:
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.
The Red Hat Security Response Team 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - 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
3. Description:
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash
Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These
vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-14, listed
in the References section.
Several security 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 specially-crafted SWF content. (CVE-2012-2034,
CVE-2012-2035, CVE-2012-2036, CVE-2012-2037, CVE-2012-2039)
A flaw in flash-plugin could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive
information if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially-crafted web
page. (CVE-2012-2038)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which
upgrades Flash Player to version 10.3.183.20.
4. 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/knowledge/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
830310 - CVE-2012-2034 CVE-2012-2035 CVE-2012-2036 CVE-2012-2037 CVE-2012-2039 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-14)
830311 - CVE-2012-2038 flash-plugin: information disclosure flaw (APSB12-14)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-10.3.183.20-1.el6.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/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2034.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2035.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2036.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2037.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2038.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2039.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
