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openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-378)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40215

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

An unspecified vulnerability in flash-player allowed attackers to take control of the victim's system by having the victim load a specially crafted SWF file (CVE-2008-5499).

Solution

Update the affected flash-player package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458573

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40215

File Name: suse_11_1_flash-player-081218.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:flash-player, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Adobe Flash Player ActionScript Launch Command Execution Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5499

CWE: 94