rhsa-2018_0081
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2018-01-10 20:56
Modified
2024-11-15 02:06
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: flash-plugin security update

Notes

Topic
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 Important. 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.
Details
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. This update upgrades Flash Player to version 28.0.0.137. Security Fix(es): * This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletins listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to disclose sensitive information or modify its settings when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2017-11305, CVE-2018-4871)
Terms of Use
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