-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== 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 ===================================================================== 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFUdld3XlSAg2UNWIIRAqaYAJ9Pw2ogH9XjMz78Zpl0Q3KHq3BQigCcCi5L DKON6+n03TO5RiQOFOb77Pk= =IMNz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce