Information Exposure Affecting flash-plugin package, versions <0:11.2.202.554-1.el6_7


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.41% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FLASHPLUGIN-1500744
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Dec 2015

Introduced: 8 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8453  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 flash-plugin to version 0:11.2.202.554-1.el6_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2593.

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:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.268 and 19.x and 20.x before 20.0.0.228 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.554 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 20.0.0.204, Adobe AIR SDK before 20.0.0.204, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 20.0.0.204 allow attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via JIT data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8409 and CVE-2015-8440.

CVSS Base Scores

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