Issued:
2009-02-25
Updated:
2009-02-25

RHSA-2009:0334 - Critical: flash-plugin security update

Synopsis

Critical: flash-plugin security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player Web browser plug-in.

Multiple input validation flaws were found in the way Flash Player displayed certain SWF (Shockwave Flash) content. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially-crafted SWF file that could cause flash-plugin to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when the victim loaded a page containing the specially-crafted SWF content. (CVE-2009-0520, CVE-2009-0519)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.159.0.

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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4ESi386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4ASi386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3i386

Updated Packages

  • flash-plugin-9.0.159.0-1.el4.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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