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Red Hat alert RHSA-2009:1658-01 (flash-plugin)

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To:  rhsa-announce@redhat.com, enterprise-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject:  [RHSA-2009:1658-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update
Date:  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:32:13 -0500
Message-ID:  <200912091632.nB9GWEov031338@int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1658-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1658.html Issue date: 2009-12-09 CVE Names: CVE-2009-3794 CVE-2009-3796 CVE-2009-3798 CVE-2009-3799 CVE-2009-3800 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras and 4 Extras. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. 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 3. Description: The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in. Multiple security flaws were found in the way Flash Player 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, possibly, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially-crafted SWF content. (CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800) All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.260.0. 4. 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 http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 543857 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB09-19) (CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el4.i386.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el4.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.el4.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.260.0-1.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://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3794 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3796 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3798 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3799 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3800 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#cr... http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19... 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLH9D/XlSAg2UNWIIRAlb5AKC4DVISiRXmGH36zVo/HAmYIVGZFQCdGen1 YbCE13nSy+uAopAemET0yvM= =SHt6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list Enterprise-watch-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/enterprise-watch-...


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