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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: flash-player
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2011:018
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.2
openSUSE 11.3
openSUSE 11.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
Vulnerability Type: remote code execution
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2011-0611
Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
flash-player 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:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion
Specially crafted Flash files as delivered by web sites
or as .swf-files could exploit the flash player to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user viewing these files.
CVE-2011-0611 has been assigned to this issue.
2) Solution or Work-Around
If supported by the browser, you can disable the flash plugin.
3) Special Instructions and Notes
After the flash player update has been installed, all programs utilizing
the flash plugin should be restarted. In particular web browser sessions
should be restarted.
4) Package Location and Checksums
The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
"Online Update" module or the "zypper" commandline tool. The package and
patch management stack will detect which updates are required and
automatically perform 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
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