SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-playerqemu (SUSE-SU-2016:2512-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94042

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

flash-player was updated to version 11.2.202.637 to fix the following issues (bsc#1004019) :

- CVE-2016-6992: A type confusion vulnerability that could lead to code execution. CVE-2016-6981, CVE-2016-6987:
use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution CVE-2016-4286: Security bypass vulnerability CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6989, CVE-2016-6990: Memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution Also the EULA was updated to version 23.0 (bsc#1003993).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2016-1468=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1468=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94042

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2512-1.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/13/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:flash-player-gnome, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:flash-player

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4273, CVE-2016-4286, CVE-2016-6981, CVE-2016-6982, CVE-2016-6983, CVE-2016-6984, CVE-2016-6985, CVE-2016-6986, CVE-2016-6987, CVE-2016-6989, CVE-2016-6990, CVE-2016-6992

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