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[RHSA-2013:0243-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0243-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0243.html

Issue date: 2013-02-08

CVE Names: CVE-2013-0633 CVE-2013-0634

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1. Summary:

 

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is now

available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 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 Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - i386, 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 two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These

vulnerabilities are detailed in the Adobe Security bulletin APSB13-04,

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-2013-0633,

CVE-2013-0634)

 

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

upgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.262.

 

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/):

 

908999 - CVE-2013-0633 CVE-2013-0634 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB13-04)

 

6. Package List:

 

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

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el5.i386.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

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

 

i386:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.el6.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

flash-plugin-11.2.202.262-1.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/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0633.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-0634.html

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

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-04.html

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

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

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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