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Posted on 11 July 2018
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2175-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2175
Issue date: 2018-07-11
CVE Names: CVE-2018-5007 CVE-2018-5008
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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 30.0.0.134.
Security Fix(es):
* flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-24)
(CVE-2018-5007)
* flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerability (APSB18-24)
(CVE-2018-5008)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
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/):
1599810 - CVE-2018-5007 flash-plugin: Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability (APSB18-24)
1599811 - CVE-2018-5008 flash-plugin: Information Disclosure vulnerability (APSB18-24)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-30.0.0.134-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-30.0.0.134-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-30.0.0.134-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-30.0.0.134-1.el6.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6):
i386:
flash-plugin-30.0.0.134-1.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64:
flash-plugin-30.0.0.134-1.el6.i686.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
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https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5007
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5008
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-24.html
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
