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RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:1214)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 84631
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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-2015:1214 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 APSB15-16 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-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4429, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-4431, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-4433, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-5118, CVE-2015-5119)
Multiple security bypass flaws were found in flash-plugin that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3114, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-5116)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.481.
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-2015:1214.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?42544df4
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-16.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-03.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1214
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240832
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 84631
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1214.nasl
Version: 2.27
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/9/2015
Updated: 3/21/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2015-5124
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-2015-5119
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: 7/8/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2015
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player ByteArray Use After Free)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0578, CVE-2015-3114, CVE-2015-3115, CVE-2015-3116, CVE-2015-3117, CVE-2015-3118, CVE-2015-3119, CVE-2015-3120, CVE-2015-3121, CVE-2015-3122, CVE-2015-3123, CVE-2015-3124, CVE-2015-3125, CVE-2015-3126, CVE-2015-3127, CVE-2015-3128, CVE-2015-3129, CVE-2015-3130, CVE-2015-3131, CVE-2015-3132, CVE-2015-3133, CVE-2015-3134, CVE-2015-3135, CVE-2015-3136, CVE-2015-3137, CVE-2015-4428, CVE-2015-4429, CVE-2015-4430, CVE-2015-4431, CVE-2015-4432, CVE-2015-4433, CVE-2015-5116, CVE-2015-5117, CVE-2015-5118, CVE-2015-5119, CVE-2015-5124