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Red Hat alert RHSA-2010:0706-01 (flash-plugin)

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Subject:  [RHSA-2010:0706-01] Critical: flash-plugin security update
Date:  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:35:49 +0200
Message-ID:  <201009210935.o8L9Zn9X027159@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-2010:0706-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0706.html Issue date: 2010-09-21 CVE Names: CVE-2010-2884 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 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. This update fixes one vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability is detailed on the Adobe security page APSB10-22, listed in the References section. If a victim loaded a page containing specially-crafted SWF content, it could cause flash-plugin to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-2884) All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 10.1.85.3 for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary, and version 9.0.283 for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras. 4. 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 http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 633917 - CVE-2010-2884 Adobe Flash: crash or potential arbitrary code execution (APSB10-22) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el4.i386.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el4.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el4.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras: i386: flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el4.i386.rpm RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client): i386: flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server): i386: flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.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: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-2884.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#cr... http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-22... 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2010 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFMmHw1XlSAg2UNWIIRAlDFAJ9AWtBnnI4yietVGQP/rIY5XiK9kgCfeuAa Tp+B9F+qzorX7/p6Eog6Wt4= =MHOM -----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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