RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2011:0850)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 54984

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for flash-plugin.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0850 advisory.

- flash-plugin: Cross-site scripting vulnerability (APSB11-13) (CVE-2011-2107)

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-2011:0850.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-13.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?c16be10d

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710981

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0850

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 54984

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0850.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2011

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: Medium

Score: 6.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 6/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2107

CWE: 79

RHSA: 2011:0850