[RHSA-2017:1219-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

news · May 9, 2017

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1219-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1219

Issue date: 2017-05-09

CVE Names: CVE-2017-3068 CVE-2017-3069 CVE-2017-3070

CVE-2017-3071 CVE-2017-3072 CVE-2017-3073

CVE-2017-3074

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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 25.0.0.171.

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-2017-3068, CVE-2017-3069, CVE-2017-3070,

CVE-2017-3071, CVE-2017-3072, CVE-2017-3073, CVE-2017-3074)

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/):

1449340 - CVE-2017-3068 CVE-2017-3069 CVE-2017-3070 CVE-2017-3071 CVE-2017-3072 CVE-2017-3073 CVE-2017-3074 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-15

6. Package List:

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

i386: