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RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:0052)
high Nessus Plugin ID 80544
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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-2015:0052 advisory.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 APSB15-01, listed in the References section.
Multiple flaws were found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0306, CVE-2015-0304, CVE-2015-0309, CVE-2015-0305, CVE-2015-0308)
This update also fixes multiple information disclosure flaws in flash-plugin. (CVE-2015-0301, CVE-2015-0302, CVE-2015-0307)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.429.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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-2015:0052.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a5c4e198
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-01.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0052
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 80544
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0052.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/15/2015
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0309
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0302
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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0301, CVE-2015-0302, CVE-2015-0303, CVE-2015-0304, CVE-2015-0305, CVE-2015-0306, CVE-2015-0307, CVE-2015-0308, CVE-2015-0309
BID: 72031, 72032, 72033, 72034, 72035, 72036, 72037, 72038, 72039