RHEL 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2018:2707)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117494

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-2018:2707 advisory.

- flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerability (APSB18-31) (CVE-2018-15967)

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-2018:2707.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8801bc87

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-31.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2707

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627892

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117494

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2707.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2018

Updated: 8/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2018-15967

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: 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: 9/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15967

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2018:2707