Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1189 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2009-07-31
Updated:
2009-07-31

RHSA-2009:1189 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: flash-plugin security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes multiple 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 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-2009-1862, CVE-2009-1863,
CVE-2009-1864, CVE-2009-1865, CVE-2009-1866, CVE-2009-1868, CVE-2009-1869)

A clickjacking flaw was discovered in Flash Player. A specially-crafted
SWF file could trick a user into unintentionally or mistakenly clicking a
link or a dialog. (CVE-2009-1867)

A flaw was found in the Flash Player local sandbox. A specially-crafted
SWF file could cause information disclosure when it was saved to the hard
drive. (CVE-2009-1870)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which
upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.246.0.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS 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 - 513362 - CVE-2009-1862 acroread, flash-plugin: Remote code execution vulnerability via malicious SWF (Shockwave Flash) content
  • BZ - 514874 - flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB09-10)
  • BZ - 514877 - flash-plugin: multiple information disclosure flaws (APSB09-10)

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.