Issued:
2013-04-10
Updated:
2013-04-10

RHSA-2013:0730 - Critical: flash-plugin security update


Synopsis

Critical: flash-plugin security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

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.

Description

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 APSB13-11, listed in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2013-1378, CVE-2013-1379, CVE-2013-1380, CVE-2013-2555)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.280.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS6.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • flash-plugin-11.2.202.280-1.el5.i386.rpm
  • flash-plugin-11.2.202.280-2.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References


Additional information