-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1203-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1203.html Issue date: 2012-08-23 CVE Names: CVE-2012-1535 CVE-2012-4163 CVE-2012-4164 CVE-2012-4165 CVE-2012-4166 CVE-2012-4167 CVE-2012-4168 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security pages APSB12-18 and APSB12-19, listed in the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victim loads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2012-1535, CVE-2012-4163, CVE-2012-4164, CVE-2012-4165, CVE-2012-4166, CVE-2012-4167) A flaw in flash-plugin could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially-crafted web page. (CVE-2012-4168) Note: This erratum upgrades Adobe Flash Player from version 10.3.183.20 to version 11.2.202.238. All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.238. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 848180 - CVE-2012-1535 flash-plugin: code execution flaw (APSB12-18) 850528 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-19) 850529 - CVE-2012-4168 flash-plugin: cross-domain information leak flaw (APSB12-19) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-1.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-1.el5.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5): i386: flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-1.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-11.2.202.238-1.el5.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-1535.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4163.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4164.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4165.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4166.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4167.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-4168.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-18.html http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-19.html 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFQNmAUXlSAg2UNWIIRAourAJ4tMQhcFeDncAU0C/fbNbaxGMRyagCgsq2j ct6jiyuGVLQQctxa3ujpthE= =RTPh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce