[RHSA-2017:0275-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

news · February 15, 2017

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0275-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0275.html

Issue date: 2017-02-15

CVE Names: CVE-2017-2982 CVE-2017-2984 CVE-2017-2985

CVE-2017-2986 CVE-2017-2987 CVE-2017-2988

CVE-2017-2990 CVE-2017-2991 CVE-2017-2992

CVE-2017-2993 CVE-2017-2994 CVE-2017-2995

CVE-2017-2996

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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 24.0.0.221.

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-2017-2982, CVE-2017-2984, CVE-2017-2985,

CVE-2017-2986, CVE-2017-2987, CVE-2017-2988, CVE-2017-2990, CVE-2017-2991,

CVE-2017-2992, CVE-2017-2993, CVE-2017-2994, CVE-2017-2995, CVE-2017-2996)

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/):

1422237 - CVE-2017-2982 CVE-2017-2984 CVE-2017-2985 CVE-2017-2986 CVE-2017-2987 CVE-2017-2988 CVE-2017-2990 CVE-2017-2991 CVE-2017-2992 CVE-2017-2993 CVE-2017-2994 CVE-2017-2995 CVE-2017-2996 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-04

6. Package List:

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

i386:

flash-plugin-24.0.0.221-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-24.0.0.221-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

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

i386:

flash-plugin-24.0.0.221-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-24.0.0.221-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

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