[RHSA-2016:2947-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

news · December 14, 2016

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2947-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2947.html

Issue date: 2016-12-14

CVE Names: CVE-2016-7867 CVE-2016-7868 CVE-2016-7869

CVE-2016-7870 CVE-2016-7871 CVE-2016-7872

CVE-2016-7873 CVE-2016-7874 CVE-2016-7875

CVE-2016-7876 CVE-2016-7877 CVE-2016-7878

CVE-2016-7879 CVE-2016-7880 CVE-2016-7881

CVE-2016-7890 CVE-2016-7892

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1. Summary:

An update for flash-plugin is now available for 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. 6) - 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 24.0.0.186.

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-2016-7867, CVE-2016-7868, CVE-2016-7869,

CVE-2016-7870, CVE-2016-7871, CVE-2016-7872, CVE-2016-7873, CVE-2016-7874,

CVE-2016-7875, CVE-2016-7876, CVE-2016-7877, CVE-2016-7878, CVE-2016-7879,

CVE-2016-7880, CVE-2016-7881, CVE-2016-7890, CVE-2016-7892)

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/):

1404307 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB16-39

6. Package List:

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

i386: