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Red Hat: RHSA-2012:1569-01 Critical Flash-Plugin Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:15
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes three 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes three vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB12-27, 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-2012-5676, CVE-2012-5677, CVE-2012-5678)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.258.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5676 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5677 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5678 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.258-1.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-2012:1569-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1569.html
Issue date: 2012-12-12

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes three security issues isnow 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 Red Hat critical code execution flash-plugin plugin update

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

886200 - CVE-2012-5676 CVE-2012-5677 CVE-2012-5678 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-27)

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