RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:2175)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111032

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-2018:2175 advisory.

- flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-24) (CVE-2018-5007)

- flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerability (APSB18-24) (CVE-2018-5008)

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-2018:2175.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?01d315db

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-24.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2175

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1599810

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1599811

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111032

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2175.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2018

Updated: 9/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5007

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5007, CVE-2018-5008

RHSA: 2018:2175