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Posted on 15 February 2011
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: flash-plugin - 1-Month End Of Life Notice
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0259-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0259.html
Issue date: 2011-02-15
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1. Summary:
The flash-plugin package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 contains multiple
security flaws and should no longer be used. This is the 1-month
notification of Red Hat's plans to disable Adobe Flash Player 9 on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386
3. Description:
The flash-plugin package contains a Mozilla Firefox compatible Adobe Flash
Player web browser plug-in.
Adobe Flash Player 9 is vulnerable to critical security flaws and should no
longer be used. A remote attacker could use these flaws to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Flash Player 9.
(CVE-2011-0558, CVE-2011-0559, CVE-2011-0560, CVE-2011-0561, CVE-2011-0571,
CVE-2011-0572, CVE-2011-0573, CVE-2011-0574, CVE-2011-0575, CVE-2011-0577,
CVE-2011-0578, CVE-2011-0607, CVE-2011-0608)
Adobe is no longer providing security updates for Adobe Flash Player 9, and
is not providing a replacement Flash Player version compatible with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.
In one month Red Hat plans to release an update for the flash-plugin
package that will prevent it from functioning. User wishing to continue
using Flash Player 9, despite the vulnerabilities, can add the flash-plugin
package to the up2date skip list. Refer to the following Red Hat
Knowledgebase article for instructions on adding a package to the up2date
skip list: https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-1639
4. Solution:
This erratum contains a flash-plugin package with an updated version number
to ensure the distribution of this notice; however, no changes have been
made to the package.
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
676226 - CVE-2011-0558 CVE-2011-0559 CVE-2011-0560 CVE-2011-0561 CVE-2011-0571 CVE-2011-0572 CVE-2011-0573 CVE-2011-0574 CVE-2011-0575 CVE-2011-0577 CVE-2011-0578 CVE-2011-0607 CVE-2011-0608 flash-plugin: multiple code execution flaws (APSB11-02)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-2.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-2.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-2.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:
i386:
flash-plugin-9.0.289.0-2.el4.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/406/kb406791.html
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-1639
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
