RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2016:1423)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92044

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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 5 Supplementary and 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 11.2.202.632.

Security Fix(es) :

* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player.
These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content.
(CVE-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177, CVE-2016-4178, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, CVE-2016-4232, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, CVE-2016-4246, CVE-2016-4247, CVE-2016-4248, CVE-2016-4249)

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-25.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1423

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4183

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4182

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4181

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4180

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4187

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4186

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4185

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4184

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4231

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4230

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4189

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4188

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4235

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4234

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4219

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4218

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4238

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4217

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4246

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4243

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4247

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4244

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4240

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4236

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4237

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4190

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4233

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4228

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4229

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4248

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4249

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4222

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4223

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4220

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4221

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4226

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4227

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4224

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4225

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4172

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4173

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4176

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4177

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4174

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4175

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4178

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4179

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4242

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4241

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4232

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4245

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-4239

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-7020

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92044

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1423.nasl

Version: 2.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2016

Updated: 10/24/2019

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

Temporal Vector: E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 7/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4172, CVE-2016-4173, CVE-2016-4174, CVE-2016-4175, CVE-2016-4176, CVE-2016-4177, CVE-2016-4178, CVE-2016-4179, CVE-2016-4180, CVE-2016-4181, CVE-2016-4182, CVE-2016-4183, CVE-2016-4184, CVE-2016-4185, CVE-2016-4186, CVE-2016-4187, CVE-2016-4188, CVE-2016-4189, CVE-2016-4190, CVE-2016-4217, CVE-2016-4218, CVE-2016-4219, CVE-2016-4220, CVE-2016-4221, CVE-2016-4222, CVE-2016-4223, CVE-2016-4224, CVE-2016-4225, CVE-2016-4226, CVE-2016-4227, CVE-2016-4228, CVE-2016-4229, CVE-2016-4230, CVE-2016-4231, CVE-2016-4232, CVE-2016-4233, CVE-2016-4234, CVE-2016-4235, CVE-2016-4236, CVE-2016-4237, CVE-2016-4238, CVE-2016-4239, CVE-2016-4240, CVE-2016-4241, CVE-2016-4242, CVE-2016-4243, CVE-2016-4244, CVE-2016-4245, CVE-2016-4246, CVE-2016-4247, CVE-2016-4248, CVE-2016-4249, CVE-2016-7020

RHSA: 2016:1423