RedHat: RHSA-2011-0368:01 Critical: flash-plugin - End Of Life
Summary
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash
Player web browser plug-in.
Adobe Flash Player 9 is vulnerable to critical security flaws and should no
longer be used. A remote attacker could use these flaws to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Flash Player 9.
(CVE-2011-0558, CVE-2011-0559, CVE-2011-0560, CVE-2011-0561, CVE-2011-0571,
CVE-2011-0572, CVE-2011-0573, CVE-2011-0574, CVE-2011-0575, CVE-2011-0577,
CVE-2011-0578, CVE-2011-0607, CVE-2011-0608)
Adobe is no longer providing security updates for Adobe Flash Player 9, and
is not providing a replacement Flash Player version compatible with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.
This erratum disables Adobe Flash Player 9 to prevent it from functioning.
User wishing to continue using Flash Player 9, despite the vulnerabilities,
can add the flash-plugin package to the up2date skip list. Refer to the
following Red Hat Knowledgebase article for instructions on adding a
package to the up2date skip list:
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-1639
Summary
Solution
This update disables the flash-plugin package due to its known security
vulnerabilities.
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0558.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0559.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0560.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0561.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0571.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0572.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0573.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0574.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0575.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0577.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0578.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0607.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0608.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/kb406791.html https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-1639
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-3.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-3.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-3.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-3.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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Topic
This update disables Adobe Flash Player 9 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, asit contains multiple security flaws and should no longer be used.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact.
Topic
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
676226 - CVE-2011-0558 CVE-2011-0559 CVE-2011-0560 CVE-2011-0561 CVE-2011-0571 CVE-2011-0572 CVE-2011-0573 CVE-2011-0574 CVE-2011-0575 CVE-2011-0577 CVE-2011-0578 CVE-2011-0607 CVE-2011-0608 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB11-02)