[RHSA-2014:0137-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

news · February 5, 2014

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0137-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0137.html

Issue date: 2014-02-05

Updated on: 2014-02-04

CVE Names: CVE-2014-0497

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1. Summary:

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue 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 one vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This

vulnerability is detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB14-04,

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-2014-0497)

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

upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.336.

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/site/articles/11258

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

1061469 - CVE-2014-0497 flash-plugin: integer underflow flaw leads to arbitrary code execution (APSB14-04)

6. Package List:

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.336-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.336-1.el5.i386.rpm

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

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.336-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.336-1.el5.i386.rpm

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

i386: