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openSUSE Security Update : flash-player (flash-player-1707)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43381

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted Flash (SWF) files can cause overflows in flash-player. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798,CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800, CVE-2009-3951)

Solution

Update the affected flash-player package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560259

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43381

File Name: suse_11_1_flash-player-091216.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2009

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3794, CVE-2009-3796, CVE-2009-3797, CVE-2009-3798, CVE-2009-3799, CVE-2009-3800, CVE-2009-3951

CWE: 119, 189, 200, 399, 94