9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.097 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.2%
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash
Player web browser plug-in.
Adobe Flash Player 9 is vulnerable to critical security flaws and should no
longer be used. A remote attacker could use these flaws to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Flash Player 9.
(CVE-2011-0558, CVE-2011-0559, CVE-2011-0560, CVE-2011-0561, CVE-2011-0571,
CVE-2011-0572, CVE-2011-0573, CVE-2011-0574, CVE-2011-0575, CVE-2011-0577,
CVE-2011-0578, CVE-2011-0607, CVE-2011-0608)
Adobe is no longer providing security updates for Adobe Flash Player 9, and
is not providing a replacement Flash Player version compatible with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.
This erratum disables Adobe Flash Player 9 to prevent it from functioning.
User wishing to continue using Flash Player 9, despite the vulnerabilities,
can add the flash-plugin package to the up2date skip list. Refer to the
following Red Hat Knowledgebase article for instructions on adding a
package to the up2date skip list:
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-1639
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | 4 | i386 | flash-plugin | < 9.0.289.0-3.el4 | flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-3.el4.i386.rpm |