CVE-2016-7867 Red Hat Update for Flash-Plugin Security(RHSA-2016:2947)

The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in.

This update fixes multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities, detailed in the Adobe Security Bulletin listed in the References section, could allow an attacker to create a specially crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content. (CVE-2016-7867, CVE-2016-7868, CVE-2016-7869, CVE-2016-7870, CVE-2016-7871, CVE-2016-7872, CVE-2016-7873, CVE-2016-7874, CVE-2016-7875, CVE-2016-7876, CVE-2016-7877, CVE-2016-7878, CVE-2016-7879, CVE-2016-7880, CVE-2016-7881, CVE-2016-7890, CVE-2016-7892)

On successful exploitation it would cause flash-plugin to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when the victim loaded a page containing the malicious SWF content.

Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2016:2947 to address this issue and obtain more information.

Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

RHSA-2016:2947: Red Hat Enterprise Linux