RHSA-2007:0009 - Security Advisory

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes a security issue is now
available.

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

Description

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

A flaw was found in the way the Adobe Flash Player generates HTTP requests.
It was possible for a malicious Adobe Flash file to modify the HTTP header
of the client request, which could be leveraged to exploit certain HTTP proxy
and web server flaws. (CVE-2006-5330)

Users of Adobe Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains version 7.0.69 and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 218973 - CVE-2006-5330 Flash Player HTTP header injection

CVEs

• CVE-2006-5330

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate