RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2020:4251)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141456

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4251 advisory.

- flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB20-58) (CVE-2020-9746)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-9746

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4251

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1888018

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141456

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4251.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2020

Updated: 1/23/2023

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

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9746

CWE: 476

IAVA: 2020-A-0464

RHSA: 2020:4251