RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:2175)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111032

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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

This update upgrades Flash Player to version 30.0.0.134.

Security Fix(es) :

* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-24) (CVE-2018-5007)

* flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerability (APSB18-24) (CVE-2018-5008)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111032

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2175.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2018

Updated: 1/28/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5007, CVE-2018-5008

RHSA: 2018:2175

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