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openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-1148)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40488

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted Flash (SWF) files can cause a buffer overflow in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2009-1862, CVE-2009-0901, CVE-2009-2395, CVE-2009-2493, CVE-2009-1863, CVE-2009-1864, CVE-2009-1865, CVE-2009-1866, CVE-2009-1867, CVE-2009-1868, CVE-2009-1869, CVE-2009-1870).

Solution

Update the affected flash-player package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524508

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40488

File Name: suse_11_0_flash-player-090731.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2009

Updated: 6/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

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:11.0

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: 7/31/2009

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0901, CVE-2009-1862, CVE-2009-1863, CVE-2009-1864, CVE-2009-1865, CVE-2009-1866, CVE-2009-1867, CVE-2009-1868, CVE-2009-1869, CVE-2009-1870, CVE-2009-2395, CVE-2009-2493

CWE: 119, 189, 200, 264, 59, 89, 94