[RHSA-2016:1423-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

news · July 13, 2016

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1423-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423

Issue date: 2016-07-13

CVE Names: CVE-2016-4172 CVE-2016-4173 CVE-2016-4174

CVE-2016-4175 CVE-2016-4176 CVE-2016-4177

CVE-2016-4178 CVE-2016-4179 CVE-2016-4180

CVE-2016-4181 CVE-2016-4182 CVE-2016-4183

CVE-2016-4184 CVE-2016-4185 CVE-2016-4186

CVE-2016-4187 CVE-2016-4188 CVE-2016-4189

CVE-2016-4190 CVE-2016-4217 CVE-2016-4218

CVE-2016-4219 CVE-2016-4220 CVE-2016-4221

CVE-2016-4222 CVE-2016-4223 CVE-2016-4224

CVE-2016-4225 CVE-2016-4226 CVE-2016-4227

CVE-2016-4228 CVE-2016-4229 CVE-2016-4230

CVE-2016-4231 CVE-2016-4232 CVE-2016-4233

CVE-2016-4234 CVE-2016-4235 CVE-2016-4236

CVE-2016-4237 CVE-2016-4238 CVE-2016-4239

CVE-2016-4240 CVE-2016-4241 CVE-2016-4242

CVE-2016-4243 CVE-2016-4244 CVE-2016-4245

CVE-2016-4246 CVE-2016-4247 CVE-2016-4248

CVE-2016-4249

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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 11.2.202.632.

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-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174,

CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177, CVE-2016-4178, CVE-2016-4179,

CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184,

CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189,

CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220,

CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225,

CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230,

CVE-2016-4231, CVE-2016-4232, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235,

CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240,

CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245,

CVE-2016-4246, CVE-2016-4247, CVE-2016-4248, CVE-2016-4249)

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/):

1355971 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-25

6. Package List:

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.632-1.el5_11.i386.rpm

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

i386: