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RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2012:0722)

high Nessus Plugin ID 59468

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for flash-plugin.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0722 advisory.

 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-14) (CVE-2012-2034, CVE-2012-2035, CVE-2012-2036, CVE-2012-2037, CVE-2012-2039)

 - flash-plugin: information disclosure flaw (APSB12-14) (CVE-2012-2038)

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-2012:0722.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-14.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a0c686a

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0722

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=830310

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=830311

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59468

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0722.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2039

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2038

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, 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: 6/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2012

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2034, CVE-2012-2035, CVE-2012-2036, CVE-2012-2037, CVE-2012-2038, CVE-2012-2039

BID: 53887

RHSA: 2012:0722