RHSA-2010:0103 - Security Advisory

Topic

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

This update has been rated as having important 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.

This update fixes a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability
is summarized on the Adobe Security Advisory APSB10-06 page listed in the
References section. If a victim loaded a web page containing
specially-crafted SWF content, it could cause Flash Player to perform
unauthorized cross-domain requests, leading to the disclosure of sensitive
data. (CVE-2010-0186)

All users of Adobe Flash Player should install this updated package, which
upgrades Flash Player to version 9.0.262.0.

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 - 563819 - CVE-2010-0186 flash-plugin: unauthorized cross-domain requests (APSB10-06)

CVEs

• CVE-2010-0186

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-06.html