RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:0289)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72976

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate 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 two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB14-08, listed in the References section.

A vulnerability was reported that could be used to bypass the same origin policy. (CVE-2014-0503)

A vulnerability was reported that could be used to read the contents of the clipboard. (CVE-2014-0504)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.346.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72976

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-0289.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2014

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: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.5

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: 3/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0503, CVE-2014-0504

BID: 66122, 66127

RHSA: 2014:0289

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