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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0574-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0574.html
Issue date: 2013-02-27
CVE Names: CVE-2013-0504 CVE-2013-0643 CVE-2013-0648
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1. Summary:
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes three 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 two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These
vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-08,
listed in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause
flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim
loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2013-0504,
CVE-2013-0648)
This update also fixes a permissions issue with the Adobe Flash Player
Firefox sandbox. (CVE-2013-0643)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which
upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.273.
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/):
915961 - CVE-2013-0504 CVE-2013-0648 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-08)
915964 - CVE-2013-0643 flash-plugin: Firefox sandbox permissions issue (APSB13-08)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.273-1.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-2013-0504.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0643.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0648.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-08.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
