RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2011:1333)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56278

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 and 6 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 multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player.
These vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB11-26, listed in the References section.

Multiple security flaws were found in the way flash-plugin 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, potentially, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially crafted SWF content. (CVE-2011-2426, CVE-2011-2427, CVE-2011-2428, CVE-2011-2430)

A flaw in flash-plugin could allow an attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially crafted web page. (CVE-2011-2444)

This update also fixes an information disclosure flaw in flash-plugin.
(CVE-2011-2429)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.3.183.10.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2426

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2427

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2428

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2429

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2430

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2444

https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-26.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1333

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56278

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1333.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2011

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

Temporal Score: 6.9

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:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1

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: 9/22/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2426, CVE-2011-2427, CVE-2011-2428, CVE-2011-2429, CVE-2011-2430, CVE-2011-2444

BID: 49710, 49714, 49715, 49716, 49717, 49718

RHSA: 2011:1333