An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security 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, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB16-01 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-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8636, CVE-2015-8638, CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641, CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8644, CVE-2015-8645, CVE-2015-8646, CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649, CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2015-8651)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.559.

The version of Adobe Flash Player installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 20.0.0.235. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A type confusion error exists that a remote attacker can     exploit to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8644)

  - An integer overflow condition exists that a remote     attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8651)

  - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that a remote     attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638,     CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641,     CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646,     CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649,     CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2016-0959)

  - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow a     remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8636,     CVE-2015-8645)

The version of Adobe AIR installed on the remote Windows host is equal or prior to version 20.0.0.204. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A type confusion error exists that a remote attacker can     exploit to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8644)

  - An integer overflow condition exists that a remote     attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8651)

  - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that a remote     attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638,     CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641,     CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646,     CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649,     CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2016-0959)

  - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow a     remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8636,     CVE-2015-8645)

The version of Adobe AIR installed on the remote Mac OS X host is equal or prior to version 20.0.0.204. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - A type confusion error exists that a remote attacker can     exploit to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8644)

  - An integer overflow condition exists that a remote     attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8651)

  - Multiple use-after-free errors exist that a remote     attacker can exploit to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8634, CVE-2015-8635, CVE-2015-8638,     CVE-2015-8639, CVE-2015-8640, CVE-2015-8641,     CVE-2015-8642, CVE-2015-8643, CVE-2015-8646,     CVE-2015-8647, CVE-2015-8648, CVE-2015-8649,     CVE-2015-8650, CVE-2016-0959)

  - Multiple memory corruption issues exist that allow a     remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2015-8459, CVE-2015-8460, CVE-2015-8636,     CVE-2015-8645)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
87665	RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:2697)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	12/30/2015	5/25/2022	critical
87659	Adobe Flash Player for Mac <= 20.0.0.235 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	12/29/2015	5/25/2022	critical
87656	Adobe AIR <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)	Nessus	Windows	12/29/2015	5/25/2022	critical
87657	Adobe Flash Player <= 20.0.0.235 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)	Nessus	Windows	12/29/2015	5/25/2022	critical
87658	Adobe AIR for Mac <= 20.0.0.204 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB16-01)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	12/29/2015	5/25/2022	critical

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