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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: flash-player
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2006:015
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: Novell Linux Desktop 9
SUSE LINUX 10.0
SUSE LINUX 9.3
SUSE LINUX 9.2
SUSE LINUX 9.1
Vulnerability Type: remote code execution
Severity (1-10): 8
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2006-0024
Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
remote buffer overflow in flash-player
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion
A critical security vulnerability has been identified in the Adobe
Macromedia Flash Player that allows an attacker who successfully
exploits these vulnerabilities to take control of the application
running the flash player.
A malicious SWF must be loaded in the Flash Player by the user for
an attacker to exploit these vulnerabilities.
This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-0024.
2) Solution or Work-Around
If you do not want to view Flash content, you can deinstall
the Flash Player by doing:
rpm -e flash-player
Otherwise please install the updated packages.
3) Special Instructions and Notes
None.
4) Package Location and Checksums
The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command
rpm -Fhv
to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.
x86 Platform:
SUSE LINUX 10.0:
0c45a695373aac68f923b7a5ebcb4241
SUSE LINUX 9.3:
bd8d78f4d2409521f994ca870698e50e
SUSE LINUX 9.2:
929136205231c24e4771ea0bbff9679b
SUSE LINUX 9.1:
dac8004a7507564f4b865bdbac8be214
Sources:
SUSE LINUX 10.0:
16f6c0d77f66993f9ba93bd4fd08fa64
SUSE LINUX 9.3:
f5418883a07b77d0bcf75a36b04da604
SUSE LINUX 9.2:
2c7f5b5b97080a78c6df5f44b09b8f72
SUSE LINUX 9.1:
044f4b8541dafb24643566fa853cbf76
Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:
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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
- Announcement authenticity verification:
SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.
To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command
gpg --verify
replacing with the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:
gpg: Signature made using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "
where is replaced by the date the document was signed.
If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command
gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc
- Package authenticity verification:
SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.
There are two verification methods that can be used independently from
each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or RPM package:
1) Using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package
2) MD5 checksums as provided in this announcement
1) The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command
rpm -v --checksig
to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.
This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.
2) If you need an alternative means of verification, use the md5sum
command to verify the authenticity of the packages. Execute the command
md5sum
after you downloaded the file from a SUSE FTP server or its mirrors.
Then compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the
SUSE security announcement. Because the announcement containing the
checksums is cryptographically signed (by security@suse.de), the
checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package if the
signature of the announcement is valid. Note that the md5 sums
published in the SUSE Security Announcements are valid for the
respective packages only. Newer versions of these packages cannot be
verified.
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