RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2011:0451)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53482

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

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. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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 on the Adobe security page APSB11-07, listed in the References section. Specially crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2011-0611)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.2.159.1.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-0611

https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-07.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0451

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53482

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0451.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2011

Updated: 3/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0611

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2011

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player 10.2.153.1 SWF Memory Corruption Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0611

RHSA: 2011:0451