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[RHSA-2014:1915-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1915-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1915.html

Issue date: 2014-11-26

CVE Names: CVE-2014-8439

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1. Summary:

 

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue 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. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the

References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash

Player web browser plug-in.

 

This update fixes one vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This

vulnerability is detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin APSB14-26,

listed in the References section.

 

A flaw was found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF content. An

attacker could use this flaw 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-2014-8439)

 

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which

upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.424.

 

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/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

1168057 - CVE-2014-8439 flash-plugin: hardening against a code execution flaw (APSB14-26)

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6):

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.424-1.el6.i686.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/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8439

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

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