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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: flash-player
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2009:041
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: openSUSE 10.3
openSUSE 11.0
openSUSE 11.1
Novell Linux Desktop 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SLED 11
Vulnerability Type: remote code execution
Severity (1-10): 8
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2009-0901, CVE-2009-1862, CVE-2009-1863
CVE-2009-1864, CVE-2009-1865, CVE-2009-1866
CVE-2009-1867, CVE-2009-1868, CVE-2009-1869
CVE-2009-1870, CVE-2009-2395, CVE-2009-2493
Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
remote code execution
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
none
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion
Note: This advisory was resent because the list of packages was
wrong.
The flash-player is a web-browser plugin that allows displaying
animated web-content and remote access to client hardware (mic,
web-cam, etc.).
A specially crafted Shockwave-Flash (SWF) file could cause a
buffer overflow in the flash-player plugin. This buffer overflow
can probably be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely.
2) Solution or Work-Around
No work-around, please update.
3) Special Instructions and Notes
Please restart your web-browser after the update.
4) Package Location and Checksums
The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command
rpm -Fhv
to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.
x86 Platform:
openSUSE 11.1:
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/flash-player-10.0.32.18-0.1.1.i586.rpm
openSUSE 11.0:
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.0/rpm/i586/flash-player-9.0.246.0-0.1.i586.rpm
openSUSE 10.3:
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/10.3/rpm/i586/flash-player-9.0.246.0-0.1.i586.rpm
Sources:
openSUSE 11.1:
openSUSE 11.0:
openSUSE 10.3:
http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/10.3/rpm/src/flash-player-9.0.246.0-0.1.src.rpm
Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:
Novell Linux Desktop 9
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=8195fce564597b5b4b13febd70c26995
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=4392ce749c7a07414dd32e14ff0d23a0
SLED 11
https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login;set_restricted=true&keywords=0ed97f904ab5337b5e08c83e789c22d2
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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
none
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
- Announcement authenticity verification:
SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.
To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command
gpg --verify
replacing with the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:
gpg: Signature made using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "
where is replaced by the date the document was signed.
If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command
gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc
- Package authenticity verification:
SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.
The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command
rpm -v --checksig
to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.
This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.
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