RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2017:2899)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103915

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for flash-plugin.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2899 advisory.

- flash-plugin: remote code execution vulnerability (APSB17-32) (CVE-2017-11292)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL flash-plugin package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2899.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103915

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2899.nasl

Version: 3.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/18/2017

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11292

RHSA: 2017:2899

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