[RHSA-2016:0610-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0610-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0610.html

Issue date: 2016-04-08

CVE Names: CVE-2016-1006 CVE-2016-1011 CVE-2016-1012

CVE-2016-1013 CVE-2016-1014 CVE-2016-1015

CVE-2016-1016 CVE-2016-1017 CVE-2016-1018

CVE-2016-1019 CVE-2016-1020 CVE-2016-1021

CVE-2016-1022 CVE-2016-1023 CVE-2016-1024

CVE-2016-1025 CVE-2016-1026 CVE-2016-1027

CVE-2016-1028 CVE-2016-1029 CVE-2016-1030

CVE-2016-1031 CVE-2016-1032 CVE-2016-1033

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1. Summary:

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Supplementary and 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.

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 upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.616.

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-2016-1006, CVE-2016-1011, CVE-2016-1012,

CVE-2016-1013, CVE-2016-1014, CVE-2016-1015, CVE-2016-1016, CVE-2016-1017,

CVE-2016-1018, CVE-2016-1019, CVE-2016-1020, CVE-2016-1021, CVE-2016-1022,

CVE-2016-1023, CVE-2016-1024, CVE-2016-1025, CVE-2016-1026, CVE-2016-1027,

CVE-2016-1028, CVE-2016-1029, CVE-2016-1030, CVE-2016-1031, CVE-2016-1032,

CVE-2016-1033)

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes

described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1324353 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-10

6. Package List:

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.616-1.el5.i386.rpm

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

i386: