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Red Hat: RHSA-2010-0103 Important: Adobe Flash Plugin Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A crucial security vulnerability has been addressed in the recent update of Adobe Flash Player for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 and 4 Extras.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras

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 a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability is 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)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.262.0.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update important Adobe Flash cross-domain

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.262.0-1.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-2010:0103-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0103.html
Issue date: 2010-02-12

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes a security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update important Adobe Flash cross-domain

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

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

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