RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2014:0380)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 73451

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 in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB14-09, listed in the References section.

Two 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 malicious SWF content. (CVE-2014-0506, CVE-2014-0507)

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-2014-0508)

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-2014-0509)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.350.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-09.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0380

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0507

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0506

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0509

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0508

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 73451

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-0380.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2014

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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:6.5

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: 4/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0506, CVE-2014-0507, CVE-2014-0508, CVE-2014-0509

BID: 66208, 66699, 66701, 66703

RHSA: 2014:0380