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Red Hat 3-4 Extras: RHSA-2010:0470-01 Critical: Flash Player Security

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent patch for Adobe Flash Player resolves serious vulnerabilities, affecting various versions of Ubuntu Linux.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

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 are detailed on the Adobe security page APSB10-14, listed in the References section.
Multiple security flaws were found in the way flash-plugin displayed certain SWF content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially-crafted SWF file that would cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially-crafted SWF content. (CVE-2009-3793, CVE-2010-2160, CVE-2010-2161, CVE-2010-2162, CVE-2010-2163, CVE-2010-2164, CVE-2010-2165, CVE-2010-2166, CVE-2010-2167, CVE-2010-2169, CVE-2010-2170, CVE-2010-2171, CVE-2010-2172, CVE-2010-2173, CVE-2010-2174, CVE-2010-2175, CVE-2010-2176, CVE-2010-2177, CVE-2010-2178, CVE-2010-2180, CVE-2010-2181, CVE-2010-2182, CVE-2010-2183, CVE-2010-2184, CVE-2010-2185, CVE-2010-2186, CVE-2010-2187, CVE-2010-2188)
An input sanitization flaw was found in the way flash-plugin processed certain URLs. An attacker could use this flaw to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks if a victim were tricked into visiting a specially-crafted web page. (CVE-2010-2179)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.277.0.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical severity Flash Player

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3793 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2160 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2161 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2162 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2163 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2164 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2165 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2166 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2167 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2169 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2170 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2171 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2172 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2173 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2174 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2175 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2176 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2177 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2178 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2179 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2180 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2181 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2182 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2183 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.277.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0470-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0470.html
Issue date: 2010-06-14

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issuesis now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat critical severity Flash Player

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386

Bugs Fixed

602627 - CVE-2010-2172 flash-plugin: CVE-2010-0187 "possible player crash" affects also v9.x versions of Adobe Flash Player

602847 - flash-plugin: multiple security flaws (APSB10-14)

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