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RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2015:1235)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 84820
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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.Red Hat Product Security 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 two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB15-18 listed in the References section.
Two 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-2015-5122, CVE-2015-5123)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.491.
Solution
Update the affected flash-plugin package.See Also
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-18.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-04.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1235
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 84820
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-1235.nasl
Version: 2.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/17/2015
Updated: 4/22/2022
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
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-2015-5123
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.6, 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: 7/16/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2015
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/4/2022
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (Adobe Flash opaqueBackground Use After Free)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-5122, CVE-2015-5123
RHSA: 2015:1235