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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2697-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2697.html
Issue date: 2015-12-29
CVE Names: CVE-2015-8459 CVE-2015-8460 CVE-2015-8634
CVE-2015-8635 CVE-2015-8636 CVE-2015-8638
CVE-2015-8639 CVE-2015-8640 CVE-2015-8641
CVE-2015-8642 CVE-2015-8643 CVE-2015-8644
CVE-2015-8645 CVE-2015-8646 CVE-2015-8647
CVE-2015-8648 CVE-2015-8649 CVE-2015-8650
CVE-2015-8651
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1. Summary:
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.
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 multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These
vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB16-01
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-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635,
CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640,
CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8644,
CVE-2015-8645, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648,
CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2015-8651)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package,
which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.559.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1294580 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-01
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.559-1.el6_7.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8459
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8460
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8634
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8635
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8636
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8638
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8639
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8640
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8641
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8642
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8643
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8644
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8645
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8646
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8647
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8648
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8649
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8650
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8651
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-01.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
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