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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : flash-player (SUSE-SU-2016:2662-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94350

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for flash-player to version 11.2.202.643 fixes one security issue. This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2016-7855: Use-after-free vulnerability that could lead to code execution (bsc#1007098).

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-SP1-2016-1566=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1566=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007098

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7855/

http://www.nessus.org/u?640d621c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94350

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2662-1.nasl

Version: 2.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2016

Updated: 3/8/2022

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 10/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7855