[RHSA-2015:0094-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:0094-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0094.html

Issue date: 2015-01-27

CVE Names: CVE-2015-0310 CVE-2015-0311 CVE-2015-0312

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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 are detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-02, and

APSB15-03, listed in the References section.

Multiple 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 malicious SWF

content. (CVE-2015-0310, CVE-2015-0311, CVE-2015-0312)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which

upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.440.

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/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1185137 - CVE-2015-0310 flash-plugin: Vulnerability that could be used to circumvent memory randomization mitigations (APSB15-02)

1185296 - CVE-2015-0311 CVE-2015-0312 flash-plugin: multiple critical vulnerabilities (APSA15-01)(APSB15-03)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.440-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.440-1.el5.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.440-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.440-1.el5.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

i386: