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RHSA-2012:1346: flash-plugin security update

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RHSA-2012:1346: flash-plugin security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/09/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/16/2012
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe FlashPlayer web browser plug-in.This update fixes several vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. Thesevulnerabilities are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB12-22, listedin the References section. Specially-crafted SWF content could causeflash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when a victimloads a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2012-5248,CVE-2012-5249, CVE-2012-5250, CVE-2012-5251, CVE-2012-5252, CVE-2012-5253,CVE-2012-5254, CVE-2012-5255, CVE-2012-5256, CVE-2012-5257, CVE-2012-5258,CVE-2012-5259, CVE-2012-5260, CVE-2012-5261, CVE-2012-5262, CVE-2012-5263,CVE-2012-5264, CVE-2012-5265, CVE-2012-5266, CVE-2012-5267, CVE-2012-5268,CVE-2012-5269, CVE-2012-5270, CVE-2012-5271, CVE-2012-5272)All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, whichupgrades Flash Player to version 11.2.202.243.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-flash-plugin

References

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