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Red Hat RHSA-2010:0102-01 Critical: Flash Player Security Update

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2010
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An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having important ...

Solution

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

This update is available via 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 two vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player. These vulnerabilities are summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-06 page listed in the References section. If a victim loaded a web page containing specially-crafted SWF content, it could cause Flash Player to perform unauthorized cross-domain requests, leading to the disclosure of sensitive data. (CVE-2010-0186, CVE-2010-0187)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.0.45.2.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat important flash-plugin cross-domain requests

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0186 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0187 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client):
i386: flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server):
i386: flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64: flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-1.el5.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-2010:0102-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0102.html
Issue date: 2010-02-12

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes two security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat important flash-plugin cross-domain requests

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

563819 - CVE-2010-0186 flash-plugin: unauthorized cross-domain requests (APSB10-06)

564287 - CVE-2010-0187 flash-plugin: possible player crash (APSB10-06)

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