RHEL 5 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2010:0102)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63917

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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 summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-06 page listed in the References section. If a victim loaded a web page containing specially crafted SWF content, it could cause Flash Player to perform unauthorized cross-domain requests, leading to the disclosure of sensitive data. (CVE-2010-0186, CVE-2010-0187)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.0.45.2.

Solution

Update the affected flash-plugin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0186

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0187

https://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-06.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0102

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63917

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0102.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0186, CVE-2010-0187

BID: 38198, 38200

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2010:0102