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RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2013:1818)
high Nessus Plugin ID 71369
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.
This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player.
These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-28, listed in the References section. Specially crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2013-5331, CVE-2013-5332)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.332.
Solution
Update the affected flash-plugin package.See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb13-28.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1818
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 71369
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1818.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/12/2013
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.5, 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: 12/11/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2013
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Remote Code Execution)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-5331, CVE-2013-5332
RHSA: 2013:1818