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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-86            security@pardus.org.tr
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     Date: 2008-12-23
 Severity: 5
     Type: Remote
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Summary
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A  vulnerability has  been  reported  in  Adobe  Flash  Player,  which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.


Description
===========

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when processing
SWF files and can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code.



Affected packages:

 Pardus 2008:
   flashplugin, all before 10.0.15.3-19-4
 Pardus 2007:
   macromedia-flash, all before 9.0.152.0-11-10


Resolution
==========

There are update(s) for flashplugin, macromedia-flash. You  can  update
them via Package Manager or with a single command from console:

 Pardus 2008:
   pisi up flashplugin

 Pardus 2007:
   pisi up macromedia-flash


References
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 * http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-24.html
 * http://secunia.com/Advisories/33221/

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