RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:0081)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105743

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for flash-plugin.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0081 advisory.

- flash-plugin: unintended reset of global settings preference file vulnerability (APSB17-42) (CVE-2017-11305)

- flash-plugin: out-of-bounds read causing information leak (APSB18-01) (CVE-2018-4871)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2018:0081.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105743

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-0081.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/11/2018

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-4871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11305, CVE-2018-4871

CWE: 125

RHSA: 2018:0081

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