A flash-player security update has been released for openSUSE and Enterprise Desktop

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SUSE Security Announcement

Package: flash-player
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2011:025
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3
openSUSE 11.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
Vulnerability Type: remote code execution
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2011-0589, CVE-2011-0618, CVE-2011-0619
CVE-2011-0620, CVE-2011-0621, CVE-2011-0622
CVE-2011-0623, CVE-2011-0624, CVE-2011-0625
CVE-2011-0626, CVE-2011-0627

Content of This Advisory:
1) Problem Description
flash-player security update to 10.3
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

Flash Player has been updated to version 10.3, fixing bugs
and security issues.
- CVE-2011-0589: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Buffer Errors (CWE-119)
- CVE-2011-0618: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Numeric Errors (CWE-189)
- CVE-2011-0619: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Buffer Errors (CWE-119)
- CVE-2011-0620: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Buffer Errors (CWE-119)
- CVE-2011-0621: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Buffer Errors (CWE-119)
- CVE-2011-0622: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Buffer Errors (CWE-119)
- CVE-2011-0623: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Input Validation (CWE-20)
- CVE-2011-0624: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Input Validation (CWE-20)
- CVE-2011-0625: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Input Validation (CWE-20)
- CVE-2011-0626: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Input Validation (CWE-20)
- CVE-2011-0627: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P):
Input Validation (CWE-20)

More information can be found on:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-12.html

2) Solution or Work-Around

If supported by the browser, you can disable the flash plugin.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

After the flash player update has been installed, all programs utilizing
the flash plugin should be restarted. In particular web browser sessions
should be restarted.a

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 11.4:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/i586/flash-player-10.3.181.14-0.2.1.i586.rpm

openSUSE 11.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/rpm/i586/flash-player-10.3.181.14-0.2.1.i586.rpm

Sources:

openSUSE 11.4:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/src/flash-player-10.3.181.14-0.2.1.nosrc.rpm

openSUSE 11.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/rpm/src/flash-player-10.3.181.14-0.2.1.nosrc.rpm

Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9c4e6f8f60161b73ef86d4ce0079ed69

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=25f459f5151ec35f0bbe1202ce1245ad

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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.

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.

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