RHEL 5 / 6 : flash-plugin (RHSA-2012:0144)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58027

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for flash-plugin.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0144 advisory.

- flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB12-03) (CVE-2012-0752, CVE-2012-0753, CVE-2012-0754, CVE-2012-0755, CVE-2012-0756)

- flash-plugin: universal cross-site scripting flaw (APSB12-03) (CVE-2012-0767)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL flash-plugin package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0144.

See Also

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb12-03.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?663acb52

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0144

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791034

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791035

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58027

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0144.nasl

Version: 1.35

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0756

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0767

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:flash-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 2/17/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2012

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player MP4 "cprt" Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0752, CVE-2012-0753, CVE-2012-0754, CVE-2012-0755, CVE-2012-0756, CVE-2012-0767

BID: 52032, 52033, 52034, 52035, 52036, 52040

CWE: 79

RHSA: 2012:0144