Critical: flash-plugin security update
| Advisory: | RHSA-2010:0706-1 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Security Advisory |
| Severity: | Critical |
| Issued on: | 2010-09-21 |
| Last updated on: | 2010-09-21 |
| Affected Products: | RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4.8.z) |
| CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
CVE-2010-2884 |
Details
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.
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.
Solution
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
Updated packages
| RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:0941 |
MD5: 0290bd6de5ad928048949199ee5e79bd SHA-256: 72d4396f3dc893e14a647324eb7e650c099f10ccef291ccfc18c5645b3f2e5a6 |
| x86_64: | |
| flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:0941 |
MD5: 0290bd6de5ad928048949199ee5e79bd SHA-256: 72d4396f3dc893e14a647324eb7e650c099f10ccef291ccfc18c5645b3f2e5a6 |
| RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:0941 |
MD5: 0290bd6de5ad928048949199ee5e79bd SHA-256: 72d4396f3dc893e14a647324eb7e650c099f10ccef291ccfc18c5645b3f2e5a6 |
| x86_64: | |
| flash-plugin-10.1.85.3-1.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2013:0941 |
MD5: 0290bd6de5ad928048949199ee5e79bd SHA-256: 72d4396f3dc893e14a647324eb7e650c099f10ccef291ccfc18c5645b3f2e5a6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el3.with.oss.i386.rpm | MD5: a216225634cb9e7e28bd3762825be73d SHA-256: 7feebae7ffebf80cdac1bb2e3a2a7ea760f745156dbb2c01c20bd9c2d5a7936c |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2011:0368 |
MD5: 2c25c6f5f17e969472b4fa0c1e329cf0 SHA-256: c0ee9c2edb9e4a35d3eb197f9f8039252277461a4155bc0ec3e45c11f0e4f699 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4.8.z) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-9.0.283.0-1.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2011:0368 |
MD5: 2c25c6f5f17e969472b4fa0c1e329cf0 SHA-256: c0ee9c2edb9e4a35d3eb197f9f8039252277461a4155bc0ec3e45c11f0e4f699 |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
633917 - CVE-2010-2884 Adobe Flash: crash or potential arbitrary code execution (APSB10-22)
References
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-22.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
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