Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting flash-plugin package, versions <0:7.0.69-1.el4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
24.47% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-FLASHPLUGIN-9865757
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed17 Oct 2006

Introduced: 17 Oct 2006

CVE-2006-5330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 flash-plugin to version 0:7.0.69-1.el4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2007:0009.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream flash-plugin package and not the flash-plugin package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

CRLF injection vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player plugin 9.0.16 and earlier for Windows, 7.0.63 and earlier for Linux, 7.x before 7.0 r67 for Solaris, and before 9.0.28.0 for Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers of client requests and conduct HTTP Request Splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in arguments to the ActionScript functions (1) XML.addRequestHeader and (2) XML.contentType. NOTE: the flexibility of the attack varies depending on the type of web browser being used.

CVSS Base Scores

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