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Red Hat: RHSA-2010-0834-01 Critical: Flash Plugin Security Update

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Imperative patch release for Adobe Flash Player on Red Hat Enterprise Linux aimed at remedying several critical vulnerabilities.
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 APSB10-26, 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-2010-3639, CVE-2010-3640, CVE-2010-3641, CVE-2010-3642, CVE-2010-3643, CVE-2010-3644, CVE-2010-3645, CVE-2010-3646, CVE-2010-3647, CVE-2010-3648, CVE-2010-3649, CVE-2010-3650, CVE-2010-3652, CVE-2010-3654)
An input validation flaw was discovered in flash-plugin. Certain server encodings could lead to a bypass of cross-domain policy file restrictions, possibly leading to cross-domain information disclosure. (CVE-2010-3636)
All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.289.0.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue red hat critical software update flash plugin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3636 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3639 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3640 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3641 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3642 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3643 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3644 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3645 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3646 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3647 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3648 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3649 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3650 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3652 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3654 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386: flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-1.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-2010:0834-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0834.html
Issue date: 2010-11-08

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issuesis now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 issue red hat critical software update flash plugin

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386

Bugs Fixed

647525 - CVE-2010-3654 acroread/flash-plugin: critical vulnerablility (APSA10-05, APSB10-26)

649938 - flash-plugin: security bulletin APSB10-26

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