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Red Hat: 2011:1144-01 Critical Update: Flash-Plugin Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An essential upgrade for Adobe Flash Player on Red Hat addresses several vulnerabilities and improves overall security measures.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

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 APSB11-21, 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-2011-2130, CVE-2011-2134, CVE-2011-2135, CVE-2011-2136, CVE-2011-2137, CVE-2011-2138, CVE-2011-2139, CVE-2011-2140, CVE-2011-2414, CVE-2011-2415, CVE-2011-2416, CVE-2011-2417, CVE-2011-2425)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.3.183.5.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical code execution red hat enterprise flash-plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2134 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2135 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2136 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2137 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2138 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2139 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2140 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2414 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2415 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2416 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2417 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2425 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.3.183.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1144-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1144.html
Issue date: 2011-08-10

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issuesis now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical code execution red hat enterprise flash-plugin

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

729497 - CVE-2011-2130 CVE-2011-2134 CVE-2011-2135 CVE-2011-2136 CVE-2011-2137 CVE-2011-2138 CVE-2011-2139 CVE-2011-2140 CVE-2011-2414 CVE-2011-2415 CVE-2011-2416 CVE-2011-2417 CVE-2011-2425 flash-plugin: multiple arbitrary code execution flaws (APSB-11-21)

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