====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Critical: flash-plugin security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2014:0028-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0028.html
Issue date:        2014-01-15
CVE Names:         CVE-2014-0491 CVE-2014-0492 
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1. Summary:

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two 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.

2. 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

3. 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 APSB14-02,
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-2014-0491,
CVE-2014-0492)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which
upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.335.

4. 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/site/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1053233 - CVE-2014-0491 flash-plugin: security protection bypass (APSB14-02)
1053235 - CVE-2014-0492 flash-plugin: memory address layout randomization defeat (APSB14-02)

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el5.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el5.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el6.i686.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el6.i686.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):

i386:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-11.2.202.335-1.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

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0491.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0492.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://helpx.adobe.com/support/programs/support-options-free-discontinued-apps-services.html

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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