Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for flash-plugin. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for flash-plugin
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21901
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21901/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras v. 3
http://secunia.com/product/8742/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for flash-plugin. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA20971
SA21865
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0674.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20971:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20971/
SA21865:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21865/
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