[RHSA-2017:0057-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Critical: flash-plugin security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2017:0057-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0057.html
Issue date:        2017-01-11
CVE Names:         CVE-2017-2925 CVE-2017-2926 CVE-2017-2927 
                   CVE-2017-2928 CVE-2017-2930 CVE-2017-2931 
                   CVE-2017-2932 CVE-2017-2933 CVE-2017-2934 
                   CVE-2017-2935 CVE-2017-2936 CVE-2017-2937 
                   CVE-2017-2938 
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1. Summary:

An update for flash-plugin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Supplementary.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) - 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 upgrades Flash Player to version 24.0.0.194.

Security Fix(es):

* This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These
vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin listed in the
References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted
SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or
disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the
malicious SWF content. (CVE-2017-2925, CVE-2017-2926, CVE-2017-2927,
CVE-2017-2928, CVE-2017-2930, CVE-2017-2931, CVE-2017-2932, CVE-2017-2933,
CVE-2017-2934, CVE-2017-2935, CVE-2017-2936, CVE-2017-2937, CVE-2017-2938)

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1411929 - CVE-2017-2925 CVE-2017-2926 CVE-2017-2927 CVE-2017-2928 CVE-2017-2930 CVE-2017-2931 CVE-2017-2932 CVE-2017-2933 CVE-2017-2934 CVE-2017-2935 CVE-2017-2936 CVE-2017-2937 CVE-2017-2938 flash-plugin: multiple code execution issues fixed in APSB17-02

6. Package List:

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

i386:
flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

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

i386:
flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

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

i386:
flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.i686.rpm

x86_64:
flash-plugin-24.0.0.194-1.el6_8.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-2017-2925
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2926
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2927
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2928
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2930
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2931
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2932
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2933
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2934
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2935
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2936
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2937
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2938
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb17-02.html

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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