RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:1827)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 110469

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.

This update upgrades Flash Player to version 30.0.0.113.

Security Fix(es) :

* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19) (CVE-2018-4945)

* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-19) (CVE-2018-5002)

* flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerabilities (APSB18-19) (CVE-2018-5000, CVE-2018-5001)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1827

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-4945

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5000

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5001

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5002

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-19.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 110469

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1827.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2018

Updated: 5/25/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 6/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4945, CVE-2018-5000, CVE-2018-5001, CVE-2018-5002

RHSA: 2018:1827