RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:2435)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111776

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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 Important. 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 30.0.0.154.

Security Fix(es) :

* flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerabilities (APSB18-25) (CVE-2018-12824, CVE-2018-12826, CVE-2018-12827)

* flash-plugin: Security Mitigation Bypass vulnerability (APSB18-25) (CVE-2018-12825)

* flash-plugin: Privilege Escalation vulnerability (APSB18-25) (CVE-2018-12828)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111776

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2435.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2018

Updated: 8/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12828

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: 8/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12824, CVE-2018-12825, CVE-2018-12826, CVE-2018-12827, CVE-2018-12828

RHSA: 2018:2435

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