MGASA-2018-0189

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    MGASA-2018-0189

    Published: 1 Apr 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated flash-player-plugin packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was found that flash versions older than 29.0.0.113 contained a use after free vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution (CVE-2018-4919). A second vulnerability was a type confusion which could also lead to remote code execution (CVE-2018-4920).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0189.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22767, https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb18-05.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flash-player-plugin

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/flash-player-plugin?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -29.0.0.113-1.mga6.nonfree

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High