RHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2009:1657)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63907

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.

Multiple security flaws were found in the way Flash Player displayed certain SWF content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially crafted SWF content. (CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.0.42.34.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3794

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3796

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3797

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3798

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3799

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3800

https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1657

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63907

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1657.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800

CWE: 119, 189, 399, 94

RHSA: 2009:1657