RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2011:0850)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 54984

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 important 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.

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 APSB11-13, listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-2107)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.3.181.22

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2107

https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-13.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0850

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 54984

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0850.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 6/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2107

RHSA: 2011:0850