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RHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2012:1203)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 64053
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 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.
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 pages APSB12-18 and APSB12-19, 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-2012-1535, CVE-2012-4163, CVE-2012-4164, CVE-2012-4165, CVE-2012-4166, CVE-2012-4167)
A flaw in flash-plugin could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially crafted web page. (CVE-2012-4168)
Note: This erratum upgrades Adobe Flash Player from version 10.3.183.20 to version 11.2.202.238.
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.238.
Solution
Update the affected flash-plugin package.See Also
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html
https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1203
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1535
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4163
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4164
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4165
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4166
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4167
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 64053
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1203.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/24/2013
Updated: 6/8/2022
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: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4167
Vulnerability Information
CPE: 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: 8/23/2012
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022, 6/22/2022
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player 11.3 Kern Table Parsing Integer Overflow)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-1535, CVE-2012-4163, CVE-2012-4164, CVE-2012-4165, CVE-2012-4167, CVE-2012-4168, CVE-2012-5054
RHSA: 2012:1203