__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Flash-Plugin Security Update [RHSA-2006:0674-5] September 12, 2006 23:00 GMT Number Q-313 [REVISED 13 Sept 2006] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: It may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the victim opens a malicious Adobe Flash file. PLATFORM: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) DAMAGE: An attacker could execute arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Apply current patches. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker could execute arbitrary code. ASSESSMENT: ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-313.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0674.html ADDITIONAL LINKS: Adobe Vulnerability Identifier: APSB06-11 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2006-3311 CVE-2006-3587 CVE-2006-3588 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 09/13/06 - added a link to Adobe Vulnerability Identifier: APSB06-11 [***** Start RHSA-2006:0674-5 *****] Critical: flash-plugin security update Advisory: RHSA-2006:0674-5 Type: Security Advisory Issued on: 2006-09-12 Last updated on: 2006-09-12 Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2006-3311 CVE-2006-3587 CVE-2006-3588 Details An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes security issues is now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player browser plug-in. Security issues were discovered in the Adobe Flash Player. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine if the victim opens a malicious Adobe Flash file. (CVE-2006-3311, CVE-2006-3587, CVE-2006-3588) Users of Adobe Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which contains version 7.0.68 and is not vulnerable to this issue. Red Hat would like to thank Adobe for notifying us of these issues. Solution Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. 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. Updated packages Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) IA-32: flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el3.i386.rpm e499c9e86a4f9bb37aaba7354984118a flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el3.i386.rpm e499c9e86a4f9bb37aaba7354984118a flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el3.i386.rpm e499c9e86a4f9bb37aaba7354984118a flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el3.i386.rpm e499c9e86a4f9bb37aaba7354984118a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) IA-32: flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el4.i386.rpm f6e5fb516fc4edc28ca5c79fa2581f8f flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el4.i386.rpm f6e5fb516fc4edc28ca5c79fa2581f8f flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el4.i386.rpm f6e5fb516fc4edc28ca5c79fa2581f8f flash-plugin-7.0.68-1.el4.i386.rpm f6e5fb516fc4edc28ca5c79fa2581f8f (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information) 205983 - CVE-2006-3311 Multiple flash-plug flaws (CVE-2006-3587 CVE-2006-3588) References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3311 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3587 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3588 http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb06-11.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from: https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ [***** End RHSA-2006:0674-5 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Red Hat for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. 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