[RHSA-2012:1346-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

news · October 9, 2012

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1346-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1346.html

Issue date: 2012-10-09

CVE Names: CVE-2012-5248 CVE-2012-5249 CVE-2012-5250

CVE-2012-5251 CVE-2012-5252 CVE-2012-5253

CVE-2012-5254 CVE-2012-5255 CVE-2012-5256

CVE-2012-5257 CVE-2012-5258 CVE-2012-5259

CVE-2012-5260 CVE-2012-5261 CVE-2012-5262

CVE-2012-5263 CVE-2012-5264 CVE-2012-5265

CVE-2012-5266 CVE-2012-5267 CVE-2012-5268

CVE-2012-5269 CVE-2012-5270 CVE-2012-5271

CVE-2012-5272

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1. Summary:

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is

now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical

security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,

which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability

from the CVE links 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 fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These

vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-22, listed

in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause

flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim

loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2012-5248,

CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5253,

CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5258,

CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5263,

CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268,

CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which

upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.243.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to

use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

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

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

864284 - flash-plugin: multiple code-execution flaws (APSB12-22)

6. Package List:

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-1.el5.i386.rpm

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.243-1.el5.i386.rpm

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

i386: