RHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2012:1203)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 64053

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1203 advisory.

- flash-plugin: code execution flaw (APSB12-18) (CVE-2012-1535)

- flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-19) (CVE-2012-4163, CVE-2012-4164, CVE-2012-4165, CVE-2012-4166, CVE-2012-4167)

- flash-plugin: cross-domain information leak flaw (APSB12-19) (CVE-2012-4168)

- flash-plugin: arbitrary code exec via integer overflow in copyRawDataTo method in Matrix3D class (CVE-2012-5054)

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-2012:1203.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?2c87fd7d

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1203

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848180

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850528

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850529

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 64053

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1203.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

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: Critical

Score: 9.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4167

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1535

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, 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: 8/23/2012

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022, 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1535, CVE-2012-4163, CVE-2012-4164, CVE-2012-4165, CVE-2012-4166, CVE-2012-4167, CVE-2012-4168, CVE-2012-5054

BID: 55009, 55136

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2012:1203