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SuSE: 2010-055: flash-player Security Update
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: flash-player Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2010:055 Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.1 openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 Vulnerability Type: remote code execution CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) SUSE Default Package: yes Cross-References: CVE-2010-3636, CVE-2010-3637, CVE-2010-3638 CVE-2010-3639, CVE-2010-3640, CVE-2010-3641 CVE-2010-3642, CVE-2010-3643, CVE-2010-3644 CVE-2010-3645, CVE-2010-3646, CVE-2010-3647 CVE-2010-3648, CVE-2010-3649, CVE-2010-3650 CVE-2010-3651, CVE-2010-3652, CVE-2010-3654 CVE-2010-3976 Content of This Advisory: 1) Security Vulnerability Resolved: Adobe Flash player security problems 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion Adobe Flash Player was updated to version 10.1.102.64 to fix a critical security issue. Adobe has posted advisories on their website: and also The following CVE entries were listed as fixed: CVE-2010-3636 CVE-2010-3637 CVE-2010-3638 CVE-2010-3639 CVE-2010-3640 CVE-2010-3641 CVE-2010-3642 CVE-2010-3643 CVE-2010-3644 CVE-2010-3645 CVE-2010-3646 CVE-2010-3647 CVE-2010-3648 CVE-2010-3649 CVE-2010-3650 CVE-2010-3651 CVE-2010-3652 CVE-2010-3654 CVE-2010-3976 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 GA and Service Pack 1, and openSUSE 11.1-11.3 have received updates. There currently is no updated version available for the Flash Player version 9 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 3 so far. It will be released as soon as it is available. 2) Solution or Work-Around There is no known workaround, please install the update packages. 3) Special Instructions and Notes Please close and restart all running instances of Flash using Web browsers after the update. 4) Package Location and Checksums The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST "Online Update" module or the "zypper" commandline tool. The package and patch management stack will detect which updates are required and automatically perform 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: openSUSE 11.3: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.3/rpm/i586/flash-player-10.1.102.64-0.2.1.i586.rpm openSUSE 11.2: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.2/rpm/i586/flash-player-10.1.102.64-0.2.1.i586.rpm openSUSE 11.1: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/i586/flash-player-10.1.102.64-0.1.1.i586.rpm Sources: openSUSE 11.3: openSUSE 11.2: openSUSE 11.1: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/rpm/src/flash-player-10.1.102.64-0.1.1.src.rpm Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are offered for installation from the maintenance web: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login ______________________________________________________________________________ 5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds: See SUSE Security Summary Report. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 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. - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - General Linux and SUSE security discussion. All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an e-mail to . 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